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The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century. By Stephanie Balkwill. University of California Press, 2024. ISBN: 978-0520401815. 272 pp

Royal Studies Journal
The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century. By Stephanie Balkwill. University of California Press, 2024. ISBN: 978-0520401815.
Bruno Marshall Shirley
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Position of Women in Buddhism: Spiritual and Cultural Activities

Arts Faculty Journal, 2012
The Buddha is a great benefactor of humanity. After the attainment of the Enlightenment in Bodhgaya and preaching First Sermon in Sarnath, the Buddha founded the order of Monks (Bhikkhusangha). This order of Monks increased and within forty five years of Buddha’s ministry it had spread throughout ancient India. But groundless belief of Brahmins is that
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Resistance through Transformation? The Meanings of Gender Reversals in a Taiwanese Buddhist Monastery [PDF]

, 2011
This chapter demonstrates that Taiwanese Buddhist nuns resist the limitations of traditional Han gender ideologies by drawing on opportunities offered within those traditional gender constructions—opportunities that allow them to define themselves in ...
Crane, Hillary
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Chinese and North American Culture: a New Perspective in Linguistics Studies [PDF]

, 2019
We explored the two cultures in the two countries. There has been discussed on Chinese culture and North American culture. Chinese language, ceramics, architecture, music, dance, literature, martial arts, cuisine, visual arts, philosophy, business ...
Huan, C. Y. (Cheng), Li, Z. X. (Ziang)
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Listening to Earth Stories: An Interview with Swarnalatha Rangarajan [PDF]

, 2018
In this interview with Dr. Swarnalatha Rangarajan, a well known Indian ecocritic and a pioneer of Indian ecocriticism, discusses ecocriticism, her novel The Final Instructions, and a wide range of Indian environmental ...
K, Sufina, R, Bhuvaneswari
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Contemporary ethnic processes in Tuvan population in the south of Krasnoyarskii Krai

Новые исследования Тувы, 2017
The article examines the contemporary ethnic trends in the group of Tuvans who for a long time have been residing in Krasnoyarskii Krai, near the border with the Republic of Tuva, along the river Us. They are habitually referred to as the ‘Usinsk Tuvans’.
Viktor P. Krivonogov
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The Quasi-Genderless Heresy: The Dhutaists and Master Jizhao [PDF]

, 2004
Boretti, Valentina
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Legal Limits on Religious Conversion in India [PDF]

, 2008
In contemporary India, government assessments of the legitimacy of conversions tend to rely on two assumptions: first, that people who convert in groups may not have freely chosen conversion, and second, that certain groups are particularly vulnerable to
Jenkins, Laura Dudley
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From deity to demon: the rise and fall of Hārītī worship in China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Hārītī is the first female deity in Buddhism that was credited with responsibility for protecting women during childbirth and protecting children. Since her introduction to China from India, her image has undergone multiple changes, and the rise and fall
Mengjie Shi
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Mpu Tantular, Kakawin Sutasoma. Translated By Dwi Woro Retno Mastuti And Hastho Bramantyo. Depok: Komunitas Bambu, 2009, Xxiv + 544 Pp. ISBN 979-3731-55-9. Price: IDR 85,000 (Soft Cover). Cok Sawitri, Sutasoma. Jakarta: Kaki Langit Kencana, 2009, 469 Pp. [PDF]

, 2010
Zuriati, Z. (Zuriati)
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