Therigatha - Poems of the First Buddhist Women

Informationen zum Autor Charles Hallisey is Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures at Harvard University. Klappentext Ther¿g¿th¿ is a poetry anthology in the Pali language by and about the first Buddhist women. The poems they left behind are arguably among the most ancient examples of women's writing in the world and are unmatched for their quality of personal expression and the extraordinary insight they offer into women's lives in the ancient Indian past. Zusammenfassung Therigatha is a poetry anthology in the Pali language by and about the first Buddhist women. The poems they left behind are arguably among the most ancient examples of women’s writing in the world and are unmatched for their quality of personal expression and the extraordinary insight they offer into women’s lives in the ancient Indian past.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Hallisey
• Assisted by: Charles Hallisey (Translation), Hallisey Charles (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2015
• EAN: 9780674427730
• ISBN: 978-0-674-42773-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Murty Classical Library of India; Murty Classical Library of Ind; Murty Classical Library of India; Murty Classical Library of Ind; ADVANCES IN TEXTILE PROCESSING COMP 1V; Murty Classical Library of India - HUP
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Poetry, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, POETRY / Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors, POETRY / Asian / General, Buddhism, India, Poetry by individual poets, Asian History, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Religious