TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gutschow,Kim
TI  - Being a Buddhist nun: the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas 
SN  - 0674012879 (alk. paper)
AV  - BQ6160.I42 J36 2004
U1  - 294.3/657/08209546 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Buddhist nuns
KW  - India
KW  - Jammu and Kashmir
KW  - Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women
KW  - Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
KW  - Enlightenment (Buddhism)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index; Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity
ER  -