Search results for "Bhikkhuni" - New World Encyclopedia
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- (female) or bikshu (male). The Pali term is bhikkhuni (female) or bhikkhu (male), used in Theravada Buddhism (Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand). ...18 KB (2,886 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- and deeds of some of the distinguished Bhikkhuni of early Buddhism are recorded ... the Sanskrit equivalent of the Pali "Bhikkhuni"). Buddhist nuns are ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- female convert. Taking her precepts as a nun, or bhikkhuni, she was later described by the Buddha as a perfect disciple. On one occasion, she answered ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- (Pali: khandha) are identified by the Bhikkhuni Dhammadinna in the "Culavedalla Sutta" (Majjhima Nikaya, 44)[http://www.accesstoinsight ...22 KB (3,259 words) - 02:48, 17 January 2023
- Cinderella (French: Cendrillon, German: Aschenputtel), is a popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant ...20 KB (3,064 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- bikshuni) which is the equivalent of the Pali term bhikkhuni; bhikkhu is the word used in Theravada Buddhism. [[Image:Japanese_buddhist_monk_by_Arashiyama_cut ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
