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Title: Women Under the Bo Tree: Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka

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Series:             CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
Language:        English

Size
Length:        284 Pages
Weight:        1.3 Pounds
Height:         9.5 Inches
Width:          6.3 Inches
Thickness:    1 Inches



Publisher Notes
Tessa Bartholomeusz explores the relationship between female world-renunciation in Buddhist Sri Lanka and attitudes about women and the religious vocation. She gives a history of Buddhist female renouncers in Sri Lanka and recounts her own field experiences of contemporary Buddhist women who have chosen to live celibate and cloistered lives. By presenting the point of view of the women themselves and describing their role and vocation in present-day Sri Lanka, the author puts a new perspective on the island's Buddhist culture.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Women Under the Bo Tree: Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka and it was written by Tessa J. Bartholomeusz. This edition of Women Under the Bo Tree: Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is September 1994 and it has a suggested retail price of $110. There are 284 pages in the book and it was published by Cambridge Univ Pr. The 10 digit ISBN is 0521461294 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780521461290. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.