Short Bibliography of Works on Women and Indo-Tibetan Buddhism ...

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<strong>Short</strong>
<strong>Bibliography</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Works</strong> on
Women and Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
les Femmes et le Bouddhisme indo-tibétain
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(Mots clés/keywords : bhikshuni, bouddhisme indo-tibétain, femmes, feminisme,
nonnes, mariage, misogynie, moniales, ordination, polyandrie, vinaya / bhikshuni,
feminism, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, nuns, marriage, misogyny, ordination,
polyandry, vinaya, women).
Allione Tsultrim (1984) : Women <strong>of</strong> Wisdom, Biographies <strong>of</strong> Six Tibetan Female Mystics.
London, Routledge & Kegan, 1984, 282 pages, translated from the Tibetan, foreword
by Chögyam Trungpa (16)p <strong>of</strong> plates. ill. <strong>Bibliography</strong> : (p. 272-275), index. 22cm.
(ISBN 0710202407).

Allione Tsultrim (1986) : Tibets weise Frauen. München, Dianus-Trikont Verlag, 1986,
328 Seiten, mit einem Vortwort von Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, aus dem
Englischen übersetzt von Ulli Olvedi. Reprint : Glonn, Capricorn Verlag, 1987, 328
Seiten.
Angmo Spalzes (1999) : Women's Development in Ladakh. In : (Van Beek Martijn,
Bertelsen Krist<strong>of</strong>fer Brix, Pedersen Poul (eds.) Ladakh : Culture, History, and
Development between Himalaya and Karakoram. Recent Research on Ladakh 8, Proceedings
<strong>of</strong> the Eighth Colloquium <strong>of</strong> the International Association for Ladakh Studies held at
Moesgård, Århus University, 5-8 June 1997 p. 383-8. Århus, Århus University Press,
1999. (ISBN 8772887915).
Anonymous (1998) : Les femmes remarquables dans le bouddhisme indien :
Guélongma Palmo, Mandarava, NigoumaSukhasiddhi. Dharma (Karma Ling,
Arvillard), n° 30, Février-Avril 1998, p. 10-4, illustrations.
Aziz Barbara Nimri (1988) : Women in Tibetan Society and Tibetology. In : (Uebach
Helga, Panglung Jampa L. (eds.) Tibetan Studies, Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 4th Seminar <strong>of</strong> the
International Association <strong>of</strong> Tibetan Studies, Schloss Hohenkammer, München, 1985 p. 25-
34. München, Kommission für Zentralasiatische Studien, Bayerische Akademie der
Wissenschaften, 1988. (ISBN 3769610016).
Aziz Barbara Nimri (1993) : Buddhist Nuns. A Monastic Tradition Still Survives.
Shangri-la (Kathmandu), vol. 4, n° 3, 1993, p. 30-40.
Banerjee Swapan Kumar (1962) : Marriage Pattern Among Lepcha Community :
Past and Present. Modern Review, vol. CXI, n° 2, February 1962.
Barshi P. W. : Tibetan Marriage System. Dharamsala, LTWA, 198 (?), 51 pages.
Beauregard Olivier : Discussion sur la polyandrie, en Asie, Cachemire et Tibet.
Etude d’ethnographie ancienne et moderne. Bulletin de la Société d’Anthropologie
(Paris), vol. VI, 1883, p. 213-237.
Bernstein Jeremy (1975) : Himalayan Polyandry and the Domestic Cycle. American
Ethnologist, vol. II, n° 1, 1975.
Brauen Martin (1981) : Die Frau und das Weibliche im Buddhismus. In : Mensch und
Religion. Interreligiöses Symposium p. 1-17. St Gallen, 1981.
Broussard Philippe, Laeng Danielle : La prisonnière de Lhasa, Ngawang Sangdrol,
religieuse et résistante. Paris, éd. Stock, 2001, 225 pages, 15 illustrations en couleur,
broché. (livre de poche 15413). [ISBN 225315413X].
Broussard Philippe, Laeng Danielle : La prisonnière de Lhasa, Ngawang Sangdrol,
religieuse et résistante. Livre de poche, 2003 (ISBN 9782253154136).

Butler Alex : Feminism, Nationalism, and Exiled Tibetan Women, New Delhi, Kali for
Women, 2003, 242 pages, (ISBN 8186706526).
Cabezón José Ignacio (1992) : Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender. Albany, State
University <strong>of</strong> New York Press, 1992.
Campbell June (1996) : Traveller in Space : in Search <strong>of</strong> Female Identity in Tibetan
Buddhism. New York, George Braziller Incorporated/London, The Athlone Press,
1996, X-225 pages, cloth (ISBN 0-485-11484-1).
Campbell June (1997) : Göttinnen, Dakinis und ganz normale Frauen. Weibliche Identität
im tibetischen Tantra. Berlin, Theseus Verlag, 1997. (Gebundene Ausgabe).
Campbell June (2002) : Traveller in space : Gender, Identity, and Tibetan Buddhism.
London / New York, Continuum, 2002 (revised ed.), XIX- 236 pages, bibliographical
references (p. (222)-229), index, 22cm, paperback. (ISBN 0826457193). (Book review
by Karen Lang in Journal <strong>of</strong> Buddhist Ethics, vol. 4, 1997).
Chayet Anne (1993) : La femme au temps des Dalaï-Lamas. Paris, Ed. Stock-L. Pernoud,
1993, 354 pages, 12 pages de planches, 25 photos, bibliographie p. 327-333, index
(broché, 24cm) (Collection la Femme au temps de). (ISBN 2-234-02528-1). (Book
review par Françoise in Aubin Archives des sciences sociales des religions, vol. 90,
1995, p. 80. (pdf téléchargeable sur Persée).
Chayet Anne (2002) : Women and reincarnation in Tibet: the case <strong>of</strong> the Gung ru
mkha' 'gro ma. In : (Cadonna Alfredo, Bianchi Ester (eds.) : Facets <strong>of</strong> Tibetan Religious
Tradition and Contacts with Neighbouring Cultural Areas p. 66-82. Firenze, L. S. Olschki/
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto Venezia e l'Oriente, 2002. (Col. Orientalia
venetiana). (ISBN 882225113X).
Chotsho Tsering (1997) : A Drop from an Ocean : The Status <strong>of</strong> Women in Tibetan
Society. The Tibet Journal, vol. XXII, n° 2, Summer 1997, p. 59-68, translated by Sonam
Tsering.
Coleman Mary Teal (1995) : Monastic : An Ordained Tibetan Buddhist Speaks on Behalf
<strong>of</strong> Full Ordination for Women. Dharma Institute, 1995, 99 pages. (ISBN 0964656906).
(note : (Venerable Tenzin Yeshe)
Collectif (1997) : Les femmes et le bouddhisme. Kunchab Magazine (Schoten,
Belgique), 1997, n° 4, p. 10-20.
Crook John H. (1983) , Shakya T. : Six Families <strong>of</strong> Leh. Recent In : (Crook J. H.,
Shakya T, Kantowsky D, Sander R. eds) Research on Ladakh. History, Culture, Sociology,
Ecology, Proceedings <strong>of</strong> a Conference held at the Universität Konstanz; 1981, 23-26
November, Konstanz p. 195-216. München, Weltforum Verlag, 1983 (ISBN 3-80390-267-
3).

Crook John H. (1987) : Polyandry in Ladakh; Polyandry in India (Demographic,
Economic, Social, Religious and Psychological Concomitants <strong>of</strong> Plural Marriages in
Women). Delhi, Gian, 1987, p. 25-53, 9 tabl.(ISBN 81-2120-105-5).
Crook John H. (1988) , Crook Stamati : Tibetan Polyandry : Problems <strong>of</strong> Adaptation
and Fitness. In : (Betzig L., Borgerh<strong>of</strong>f Mulder, Turke P. Eds.) Human Reproductive
Behaviour : a Darwinian Perspective. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Crook John H. (1994) , Crook Stamati : Explaining Tibetan Polyandry: socio-cultural,
demographic and biological perspectives. In : (Crook John, Osmaton Henry eds.)
Himalayan Buddhist Villages : Environment, Resources, Society and Religious Life in
Zangskar, Ladakh. Part V, 24. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1994.
David-Neel Alexandra (1933) : Femmes du Tibet. La Revue de Paris, n° 3, 1 février
1933.
David-Neel Alexandra (1935) : Tibetische Frauen. Atlantis (Zürich), Bd., 7, Heft 1,
1935, S. 14 usw.
David-Neel Alexandra (1954) : Femmes Tibétaines. France-Asie (Paris), vol. XCVIII,
1954, p. 840-7.
Diemberger Hildergard (2005) : Female Oracles in Modern Tibet. In : (Gyatso Janet,
Havnevik H. (eds.) Women in Tibet p. 113-168. London, Hurts & Company, 2005.
Diemberger Hildergard (2007) , Strathern Marilyn : When a Woman Becomes a
Religious Dynasty. The Samding Dorje Phagmo <strong>of</strong> Tibet. New York, Columbia University
Press, 2007, 416 pages, 56 illustrations. [ISBN 978 0231143202].
Earle A. (1901) : On Polyandry in Sikkim and Tibet. Census <strong>of</strong> India, Bengal Secretariat
Press (Calcutta), vol. VI, n° 1, 1901, p. 27-30.
Fahlén Susanne (2000) : A Woman with Several Husbands is Like a Blooming Flower. The
Decline <strong>of</strong> Polyandry as an Indicator <strong>of</strong> Social Change in Ladakh. Uppsala university, May
2000, 81 pages, 2 maps (M.A. thesis).
Fife D. (1953) : Bhotia Marriage Customs. Eastern World (London), vol. VII, 1953.
Francke August Hermann (1901) : The Ladakhi Pre-Buddhist Marriage Ritual. Indian
Antiquary (Calcutta), vol. XXX, 1901, p. 131-149.
Friedman Lenore, Moon Susan : Being Bodies : Buddhist Women on the Paradox <strong>of</strong>
Embodiment. Boston, Shambhala, 1997. (ISBN 1570623244).
Gielen Uwe P. (1985) : Women in Traditional Tibetan Societies. International
Psychologist (Los Angeles), vol. XXVII, n° 3, 1985, p. 17-20.

Give Bernard de (RP) (1997) : Les moniales tibétaines. un groupe méconnu : les
nonnes bouddhistes. In : Un trappiste à la rencontre des moines du Tibet chapitre III.
Scourmont, Abbaye de Scourmont, 1997.
Goldstein Melvyn C. (1987) : Pahari and Tibetan Polyandry Revisited. In :
Polyandry in India (Demographic, Economic, Social, Religious and Psychological
Concomitants <strong>of</strong> Plural Marriages in Women) p. 198-219. 1987.
Goldstein Melvyn C. (1987) : When Brothers Share a Wife. Among Tibetans, the
Good Life Relegates Many Women to Spinsterhood. Natural History vol. 96, n° 3,
1987, p. 38-48. (ISSN 0028-0712).
Grist Nicola (1980) : Polyandry, Marriage and Land Tenure. In : Report on Ladakh
1977-9 p.230-244. Cambridge (UK), 1980 (?).
Gross Rita M. (1984) : The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Vajray›na Buddhism :
Reflections <strong>of</strong> a Buddhist Feminist. Journal <strong>of</strong> Transpersonal Psychology, vol. 16, n° 3,
1984, p. 179-192.
Gross Rita M. (1986) : Buddhism and Feminism : Toward their Mutual
Transformation. Eastern Buddhist, vol. 19, n° 2, 1986, p. 62-74.
Gross Rita M. (1989) : Yeshe Tsogyal : Enlightened Consort, Great Teacher, Female
Role Model. In : (Willis Jane ed.) Feminine Ground p. 11-32. Ithaca, Snow Lion
Publication, 1989.
Gross Rita M. (1993) : Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and
Reconstruction <strong>of</strong> Buddhism. Albany: State University <strong>of</strong> New York Press, 1993.
Gross Rita M. (1998) : Soaring and Settling : Buddhist Perspectives on Social and
Theological Issues. New York, Cassell & Continuum, 1998, 190 pages. (ISBN 0-8264-
1113-4).
Gross Rita M. (2006) : (Book Review) Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for
Enlightenment in the Himalayas, and: Himalayan Hermitess: The Life <strong>of</strong> a Tibetan
Buddhist Nun. Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 26, 2006, p. 220-223.
Gutschow Kim (2000) : Novice Ordination for Nuns : The Rethoric and Reality <strong>of</strong>
Female Monasticism in Northwest India. In : (Findly Ellison (ed.) Women’s Buddhism,
Buddhism’s Women : Tradition, Revision, Renewal p. 108-118. Boston, Wisdom Books,
2000.
Gutschow Kim (2001) : The Women Who Refuse to be Exchanged : Celibacy and
Sexuality at a Nunnery in Zangskar, Northwest India. In : (Sobo E. J., Bell S., eds.)
Celibacy, Culture and Society : The Anthropology <strong>of</strong> Sexual Abstinence Madison,
University <strong>of</strong> Wisconsin Press, 2001

Gutschow Kim (2001) : What Makes a Nun? Apprenticeship & Ritual Passage in
Zanskar, North India. JIABS 24, n° 2 (2001) 187-215. Women monastics.
Gutschow Kim : Passionate Detachment in a Himalayan Nunnery: To Whom are
Zangskari Nuns Subject? In : (Aggrawal R., Thompson J. (eds.) Putting Ourselves in
Place : Feminist Ethnography in the Himalayas, forthcoming ??.
Gutschov Kim (2004) : Being a Buddhist Nun : The Struggle for Enlightenment in the
Himalayas. Harvard University Press, 2004, 333 pages, hardcover.
Gyatso Janet (1987) : Down with the Demoness : Reflections on a Feminine Ground
in Tibet. The Tibet Journal (Dharamsala), vol. 12, n° 4, 1987, p. 38-53.
Gyatso Janet (1989) : Down with the Demoness : Reflections on a Feminine Ground
in Tibet. In : (Willis Janice (ed.) Feminine Ground p. 33-51. Ithaca, Snow Lion
Publications, 1989.
Gyatso Janet (2008) : Spelling Mistakes, Philology, and Feminist Criticism: Women
and Boys in Tibetan Medicine. Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, n° 14, (Tibetan Studies in
Honor <strong>of</strong> Samten Karmay, part I : Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Studies)
Octobre 2008, p. 81-98, edited by Françoise Pommaret and Jean-Luc Achard.
Haddix Kimber Angela (1998) : Marital strategies in a polyandrous Tibetan
community in, northwest Nepal. Davis, University <strong>of</strong> California, 1998 (PhD
dissertation).
Havnevik Hanna : The Religious Ideal for Women in Tibetan Biographical Literature.
Ph.D. dissertation, date ? 400 pages.
Havnevik Hanna (1990) : Tibetan Buddhist Nuns : History, Cultural Norms and Social
Reality. Oslo, Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, 1990, 251 pages,
illustrations (Serie B, LXXXIX). (ISBN 820002841).
Havnevik Hanna (1990) : The Role <strong>of</strong> Nuns in Contemporary Tibet. In : Proceedings
<strong>of</strong> the CASA Conference : 40 Years in Tibet. London, 1990.
Havnevik Hanna (1994) : The Role <strong>of</strong> Nuns in Contemporary Tibet. In : (Barnett R.
(ed.) Resistance and Reform in Tibet p. 259-266. Bloomington, Indiana University Press,
1994.
Havnevik Hanna (1995) : Combats des nonnes tibétaines. Religieuses bouddhistes du Pays
des neiges. St-Michel en l’Herm (France), éd. Dharma, 1995, 302 pages, traduction
française de Véronique Zaregradsky, index des noms, bibliographie. (ISBN
2864870258).

Havnevik Hanna (1995) : The Autobiography <strong>of</strong> Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche, a
Preliminary Report. In : (Steinkellner Ernst, Krasser Helmut, Much Michael Torsten,
Tauscher Helmut) Tibetan Studies : Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 7th Seminar <strong>of</strong> the International
Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz, 1995, vol. 1 p. 355-368. Wien, Verlag der
Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1997, (Österreichische Akademie der
Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Denkschriften, 256). (ISBN
3700126573).
Havnevik Hanna (1996) : Les Nonnes tibétaines, courageuses et dignes. Actualités
Tibétaines, n° 3, 3° trimestre 1996, p. 13-4.
Havnevik Hanna (1996) : On Pilgrimage for Forty Years in the Himalayas. The Female
Lama Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche’s (1865-1951) Quest for Sacred Sites. Paper presented at
the international seminar ‘Pilgrimage in Tibet, arranged by the International Institute
for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, Sept. 1996.
Havnevik Hanna (1998) : On Pilgrimage for Forty Years in the Himalayas: The
Female Lama Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche's (1865-1951) Quest for Sacred Sites. In :
(McKay A. C. (ed.) Pilgrimage in Tibet p. 85-107. Surrey, Curzon, 1998.
Havnevik Hanna (1999) : The Life <strong>of</strong> Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche. Journal <strong>of</strong> Religious
Culture (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, n° 27-11, 1999, 11
pages. (Internationales Symposium : Frauen im Buddhismus, 7. - 9. Februar 1997,
Frankfurt am Main). (PDF)
Havnevik Hanna (2002) : A Tibetan Female State Oracle. In : (Henk Blezer Henk (ed.)
Religion & Secular Culture in Tibet. Tibetan Studies: Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 9th Seminar <strong>of</strong> the
International Association for Tibetan Studies, vol. II p. 259-288. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 2002.
Hermann-Pfandt Adelheid (1983) : Untersuchungen zur Religionsgeschichte und
Mythologie der Dâkinîs im indotibetischen Raum. Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-
Wilhelms-Universität, 1983. (Unpublished MA thesis).
Hermann-Pfandt Adelheid (1986) : Zur Vorgeburtsgeschichte einer verkörperten
Dâkinî. In : (Eimer Helmut (ed.) Vicitrakusumâñjali S. 113-125. 1986. (Revised English
version in The Tibet Journal (Dharamsala), vol. 25, n° 3, Autumn 2000.
Hermann-Pfandt Adelheid (1992) : Dakinis : zur Stellung und Symbolik des weiblichen
im tantrischen Buddhismus. Bonn, 1992, XV-564 Seiten, 11 Abbildungen (Indica und
Tibetica 20). Reprint : Marburg, 2001 (2. erw. Auflage), XV-600 Seiten, 11
Abbildungen (ISBN 3923776209).
Hermann-Pfandt Adelheid (1992) : Dâkinîs in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism : Some
Results <strong>of</strong> Recent Research. Studies in Central & E. Asian Religions, vol. 5/6, 1992-3, p.
45-63. Mkha'-'gro-ma.
Hermann-Pfandt Adelheid (1996) : The Good Woman's Shadow : Some Aspects <strong>of</strong>
the Dark Nature <strong>of</strong> Dâkinîs and Sâkinîs in Hinduism. In : (Axel Michaels, et al., eds.)

Wild Goddesses in India & Nepal, Bern, Peter Lang, 1996.
Hermann-Pfandt Adelheid (1997) : The So-called Dâkinîkalpa : Religious &
Astrological Medicine according to a North-west Indian Collective Manuscript (I).
Journal <strong>of</strong> the Indian Ayurvedic Society, vol. 5, 1997, p. 53-75.
Hermann-Pfandt Adelheid (1997) : Yab Yum Iconography and the Role <strong>of</strong> Women in
Tibetan Tantric Buddhism. The Tibet Journal, Spring vol. XXII, n° 1, 1997, p. 12-34.
Hermann-Pfandt Adelheid (1998) : (Book review) <strong>of</strong> Jérome Edou, Machig Labdrön.
The Tibet Journal (Dharamsala), vol. 23, n° 3, Autumn 1998, p. 92-102.
Hermanns Matthias (1953) : Polyandry in Tibet. Anthropos, Paulus Verlag (Fribourg),
vol. XLVIII, 1953, p. 637-641.
Hermanns Matthias (1953) : The Status <strong>of</strong> Women in Tibet. Anthropological Quarterly
(Washington D. C. ), vol. XXVI, New Series, vol. 1, n° 3, 1953.
Hirakawa Akira (1982) : Mahâsa˙ghika-Bhik˝u˚ı-Vinaya. Monastic Discipline for the
Buddhist Nuns. Patna (Bihar), 1982, 450 pages, English translationfrom the Chinese
by Akira Hirakawa. (Tibetan Sanskrit <strong>Works</strong> Series 21).
Jahoda Christian (1994) Heiratsmuster ausgewählter Gesellschaften tibetischer
Kultur und Sprache, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polyandrie und Prinz
Peters Forschungsbeitrag, Diplomarbeit, Universität Wien.
Jiao Ben (2001) : Socio-Economic and Cultural Factors Underlying the Contemporary
Revival <strong>of</strong> Fraternal Polyandry in Tibet. Case Western Reserve University, May 2001,
221 pages (Ph. D. Dissertation). (PDF)
Kaneez Fatima (1999) : Women's Development and Education in Kargil District. In :
(van Beek Martijn, Bertelsen Brix Krist<strong>of</strong>fer, Pedersen Poul Eds.) Recent Research on
Ladakh 7, Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 8th Colloquium <strong>of</strong> the International Association for Ladakh
Studies, held at Moesgaard, 5-8 June 1997 p. 119-124. Aarhus University Press, 1999.
Kawakita Jirô : Structure <strong>of</strong> Polyandry Among the Bhotias in the Himalayas.
Kerr Blake (1989) : Tibetan Women Under China’s Birth Control Policy : Tibetan Refugee
Accounts <strong>of</strong> Forced Abortion, Sterilisation and Infanticide. Dharamsala, 2 February 1989.
Klein Anne Carolyn (1985) : Non-dualism and the Great Bliss Queen : A Study in
Tibetan Buddhist Ontology and Symbolim. Journal <strong>of</strong> Feminist Studies in Religion, vol.
1, n° 1, 1985.
Klein Anne Carolyn (1987) : Finding a Self : Buddhist and Feminist Perspectives. In :
(Clarissa W. Atkinson et alii (eds.) Shaping New Vision, Gender and Values in American

Culture p. 191-218. Ann Arbor, UMI Research Press, 1987.
Klein Anne Carolyn (1987) : Primordial Purity and Everyday Life : Exalted Female
Symbols and the Women <strong>of</strong> Tibet. In : (Aktinson Clarissa W., Buchanam C. H., Miles
M. R., Dir. Publ.) : Immaculate and Powerful : The Female in Sacred Image and Social
Reality p. 111-139. London/Boston (Mass.), Ed. Crucible /Beacon Press, 1987.
Klein Anne Carolyn (1987) : The Birthless Birthgiver : Reflections on the Liturgy <strong>of</strong>
Yeshe Tsogyal, the Great Bliss Queen. The Tibet Journal (Dharamsala), vol. 12, n° 4,
1987, p. 19-37.
Klein Anne Carolyn (1995) : Meeting the Great Bliss Queen : Buddhists, Feminists and
the Art <strong>of</strong> the Self. Boston, Beacon Press, 1995, XVIII-307 pages. (ISBN 0807073075).
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Kunsang Erik Pema (1990) : Dakini Teachings: Padmasambhava's Oral Instructions to
Lady Tsogyal. Boston, Shambhala, 1990, 189 pages, translated from the Tibetan by Eric
Pema Kunzang. (ISBN 0877735468).
Le Calloc'h Bernard (1987) : Un phénomène de géographie humaine, la polyandrie
au Ladakh au temps de Csoma de Körös. Acta Geographica, 3° trimestre 1987.
Lee-Linke Sung-Hee : Sie lehrte mich die Wahrheit : Frauen als Lehrende, Hörende,
Praktizierende in zweieinhalb Jahrtausenden buddhistischer Geschichte. In : (Lee-
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Lee-Linke Sung-Hee : Askese, Versuchung und Inspiration: Frauen und ihre
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Lee-Linke Sung-Hee : Auf der Suche nach dem Unauffindbaren? Frauen und
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Levine Nancy E. (1988) : The Dynamics <strong>of</strong> Polyandry : Kinship, Domesticity and Population
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Lhamotso (2005) , Tamdrin Drolma : Women's Legal Protection and Their Social-
Economic Status in the Tibet Autonomous Region. China Tibetology (China Tibetology
Research Center, Beijing), n° 3, 2005.
Lindegger Peter (2003) : Die Stock vor der Tur. Ethnographische Berichte aus Antike und
Mittelalter als frühe Parallelen zu den polyandrischen Eheformen der Tibeter. Rikon, Tibet-
Institut, 2003, 21 Seiten, illustriert Spiralbindung. (Schriften, Nr. 27).
Liu Zhenggang (2005) , Wang Min, A Probe into the Tibetan Women's Life during
the Qing Dynasty. China Tibetology (China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing), n° 4,
2005.
Ma Natasha (1999) : Tibetan Women. (China has been Brutal when Dealing with
Tibetan Buddhist Nuns and other Women). America, vol. 180, n° 1, January 1999, p. 8.
Madrong Migyur Dorjee (1997) : A Discussion on Some Great Women in Tibetan
History. The Tibet Journal, vol. XXII, n° 2, Summer 1997, p. 70-90, translated by
Sonam Tseing.
Majupuria Indra (1990) : A Tibetan Women ( Then & Now ): A Faithful And Vivid
Account <strong>of</strong> The Status <strong>of</strong> Tibetan Women. M. Devi, January 1990, 280 pages, paperback.
(ISBN 9747315203).
Makley Charlene (1997) : The Meaning <strong>of</strong> Liberation : Representations <strong>of</strong> Tibetan
Women. The Tibet Journal, vol. XXII, n° 2, Summer 1997, p. 4-29.
Mann Rann Singh : Ladakhi Polyandry. Reinterpreted.
March K. (1979) : The Intermediacy <strong>of</strong> Women : Female Gender Symbolism and the Social
Position <strong>of</strong> Women Among Tamangs and Sherpas <strong>of</strong> Highland Nepal. Cornell University,
Department <strong>of</strong> Anthropology, 1979. (Ph.D. dissertation).
Miller Béatrice Diamond (1980) : Views <strong>of</strong> Women's Roles in Buddhist Tibet. In :
(Narain A. (ed.) Studies in the history <strong>of</strong> Buddhism p. 155-166. Delhi, B. R. Publishing
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Miller Béatrice Diamond (2000) : Views <strong>of</strong> Women's Roles in Buddhist Tibet. In :
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