The Female Past in Early Indian Buddhism:
The Shared Narrative of the Seven Sisters in the Therī-Apadāna

By Alice Collett

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… past-life accounts of women as disciples of former buddhas add a new dimension to the notion of female discipleship in early Buddhism. Gotama was not alone in having a fourfold community

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Published in 2011 in Religions of South Asia.

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    author={Alice Collett},
    year=2011,
    journal={Religions of South Asia},
    volume=5,
    number=1,
    pages={209--226},
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