{"product_id":"therigatha-charles-hallisey-9780674427730","title":"Therigatha: Selected Poems of the First Buddhist Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning modern translation of a Buddhist classic that is also one of the oldest literary texts in the world written by women.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eTherīgāthā\u003c\/i\u003e, composed more than two millennia ago, is an anthology of poems in the Pali language by and about the first Buddhist women. These women were \u003ci\u003etherīs\u003c\/i\u003e, the senior ones, among ordained Buddhist women, and they bore that epithet because of their religious achievements. The poems they left behind are arguably among the most ancient examples of women's writing in the world and they are unmatched for their quality of personal expression and the extraordinary insight they offer into the lives of women in the ancient Indian past--and indeed, into the lives of women as such. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new version of the \u003ci\u003eTherīgāthā\u003c\/i\u003e, based on a careful reassessment of the major editions of the work and printed in the Roman script common for modern editions of Pali texts, offers the most powerful and the most readable translation ever achieved in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Hallisey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674427734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674427730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/24\/2015 pg. 64","brand":"Charles Hallisey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925559902463,"sku":"9780674427730","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8ca459dc-f2e9-4fd8-be56-4ce4299af44d.jpg?v=1681077992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/therigatha-charles-hallisey-9780674427730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}