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Psalms of the Sisters
Various Bhikkhunis · Buddhism · c. 300 BCE
Translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids (1909)
20 chapters
Therigatha — enlightenment poems by the first Buddhist nuns, among the oldest women's literature in existence.
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Contents
- 1Introduction
- 2Introduction: Endnotes
- 3Commentator's Introduction
- 4Canto I: Psalms of Single Verses
- 5Canto II: Psalms of Two Verses
- 6Canto III: Psalms of Three Verses
- 7Canto IV: Psalms of Four Verses
- 8Canto V: Psalms of Five Verses
- 9Canto VI: Psalms of Six Verses
- 10Canto VII: Psalms of Seven Verses
- 11Canto VIII: Psalm of Eight Verses
- 12Canto IX: Psalm of Nine Verses
- 13Canto X: Psalm of Eleven Verses
- 14Canto XI: Psalm of Twelve Verses
- 15Canto XII: Psalm of Sixteen Verses
- 16Canto XIII: Psalms of About Twenty Verses
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