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Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun.(Book review)
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The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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January 1, 2006| Author:
Havnevik, Hanna
| COPYRIGHT 2006 American Oriental Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun. By KURTIS SCHAEFFER. New York: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004. Pp. viii + 220. $42.
In Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun, Kurtis Schaeffer translates, contextualizes, and analyzes what is most likely the earliest female religious autobiography in Tibetan literature; it is also a rare document in Buddhist literature. Women in premodern Buddhist societies did not--as a rule--write, and particularl...
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