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Dietary practices among antenatal women in Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors. [PDF]

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Women in Buddhism

2012
The very existence of a “Women and Buddhism” entry but no “Men in Buddhism” entry implies a set of methodological lacunae in Buddhist studies. On the one hand, Buddhist studies have often proceeded as if the history of men in Buddhism stands in for Buddhist history, with little effort made to mention or recover the significance of women.
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Women in Early Indian Buddhism

2013
CONTRIBUTORS A NOTE ON NON-ENGLISH WORDS ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION 1. -The Bajaur Collection of Kharosthi Manuscripts MAHAPRAJAPATI GAUTAMI AND THE ORDER OF NUNS IN A GANDHARAN VERSION OF THE DAKSINAVIBHANGASUTRA 2. -The British Library Kharosthi Fragments BEHIND THE BIRCH BARK CURTAIN PALI VINAYA RE-CONCEPTUALIZING FEMALE SEXUALITY IN EARLY BUDDHISM ...
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Women, Marriage, and Merit-Making in Early Buddhism

Journal of Dharma Studies, 2018
This article tries to understand the role of marriage in the religious lives of women during early Buddhism through the narrative of a relatively understudied text, Pāli Vimānavatthu. Marriage played a significant role in the lives of Buddhist laywomen as opposed to laymen since greater emphasis was placed on the third lay precept—prohibiting sexual ...
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Women in Early Indian Buddhism: Comparative Textual Studies

Theology & Sexuality, 2015
Numerous studies of women in Buddhism, both textual and ethnographic, have appeared in recent decades.
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Women in Buddhism Through Gender Perspective

Journal of Buddhist Studies (T.U.)
A society's view towards women can be studied using a gender perspective in religion. Despite non-discrimination in teachings, gender discrimination in practices has influenced females in the Buddhist monastic sangha and laity. This exploratory article aims to demonstrate whether Buddhism is a gender-biased or gender-friendly religion.
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Christian Exploration of Women's Bodies and Rebirth in Shin Buddhism

2020
Jodo Shinshu Buddhism inherited many negative doctrines around women’s bodies, which in some early Buddhist texts were presented as an obstacle to rebirth, and a hindrance to awakening in general. Beginning with an examination of these doctrines, the book explores Shin teachings and texts, as well as the Japanese context in which they developed, with a
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