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Author Garling, Wendy, author.

Title The woman who raised the Buddha : the extraordinary life of Mahāprajāpatī / Wendy Garling.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, [2021]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B MAHAPRAJAPATI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  294.363 GARLING    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 256 pages ; 23 cm
Summary "The first English-language, general-audience study of MahāpajāpatīGotamī, the stepmother and maternal aunt of the Buddha who, according to the Buddhist tradition, became the first bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun)"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Mahāpajāpātī Gotamī.
Gautama Buddha -- Family.
Buddhist women -- Biography.
RELIGION / Buddhism / General.
Gautama Buddha. (OCoLC)fst00053986
Mahāpajāpātī Gotamī. (OCoLC)fst00388535
Buddhist women. (OCoLC)fst00840315
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
ISBN 9781611806694 (trade paperback)
1611806690 (trade paperback)
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