Attitudes Towards Nuns:
A Case Study of the Nandakovāda in the Light of its Parallels

By Bhikkhu Anālayo

69 pages

… the Theravāda version of events in the Nandakovāda-sutta conveys an attitude towards nuns that is considerably less favorable than the attitude underlying the parallel versions

How the Theravāda elders managed to make the suttas sound misogynistic through small redactions.

About: Theravāda Nuns Early Indian Buddhism Characters in the EBTs Saṃyukta Āgama Āgama Studies The Pāli Canon

Published in 2010 in The Journal of Buddhist Ethics.

Bibtex Data

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    title={{A}ttitudes {T}owards {N}uns: {A} {C}ase {S}tudy of the \textit{Nandakovāda} in the {L}ight of its {P}arallels},
    author={Bhikkhu Anālayo},
    year=2010,
    journal={The Journal of Buddhist Ethics},
    volume=17,
    pages={332--400},
    keywords={theravada,nuns,indian,characters,sa,agama,pali-canon},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/attitudes-towards-nuns.pdf}
}

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