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267 Abbott, Elizabeth, 165 abortion, 168, 169 Adachi, Kin’ichi, 207n119 Aelred of Rievaulx, 164, 228n53 age: at initiation/ordination, 64–68, 132–133, 140, 141, 142, 159, 160, 195n145, 199n27, 217n20, 227n29 (see also “scarecrow” provision for novices); of majority, 133, 219n62; at weaning, 132, 133, 135, 141, 142, 159, 219n60 Agrawala, Ratna Chandra, 115–116 Allen, Michael, 116, 214n257 Almond, Philip, 162–163 antifamilial/antisocial/asocial: Buddhism as, 5, 9, 152–153, 173n28, 174n29, 174n38; Indian renunciation as, 5, 7; pratyekabuddha as, 114 anu√jñā­(to authorize/command/order), 126, 143, 218n37, 223n124 asceticism, 17, 153–155, 158, 173n21, 174n40; conflation with monastic traditions, 7, 174n40; dhūtaguṇas, 109; domestication of, 7; home asceticism in late antiquity, 194n127; of Mahākāśyapa, foremost Buddhist ascetic, 24, 80, 107–110, 112, 114, 152; monastic ambivalence toward, 17, 113, 161; rhetoric of, 7; sham ascetics, 199n23 Aśvaghoṣa, 157, 183n136 avadānas (previous-life stories), 31, 49, 114, 213n238, 213n241 Bailey, Greg, 6, 25, 173n28 Bala, bhikṣu,­43–45 Bardesanes, 173n21 Bareau, André, 26 Basham, A. L., 44–45, 174n31, 202n59 Bechert, Heinz, 126 Benedict of Nursia, 3, 106–107, 172n11 bhikṣu/bhikṣuṇī:­“monk”/“nun” and other terms for, 1, 2–3, 25–26, 163–164, 171n2, 171n6, 185n170 biological kin, presence of in monasteries , 9, 23–24, 54, 55–56, 74–75, 109, 161, 185n168; in Egyptian monasticism , 164, 184n167; in Jainism, 157; presupposed in prātimokṣas, 28, 33, 39, 76–77 biological kinship terms, 24, 25–26, 184n167, 185n168, 195n135 Bloomfield, Maurice, 91 Boswell, John, 29, 164 Boucher, Daniel, 161 brahmanical treatises, 35–36, 91, 108, 151. See also Arthaśāstra­and Kāmasūtra­in Index of Texts brothels, 168–169, 228n63 Buddhaghosa, 7, 175n42, 182n129 Buddhamitrā, bhikṣuṇī,­44–45 Buddha’s family, 9, 21–23, 26, 109, 153, 156; Amṛtodana (uncle), 22; Ānanda (cousin; husband of Sthūlanandā), 21–22, 48, 49, 67–68, 108, 109, 196n148, 209n162; Aniruddha (cousin), 21–22, 108, 109; Bhadrika (cousin), 21–22; Devadatta (cousin), 21–22; Droṇodana (uncle), 22; Gopikā (wife), 22; Kacaṅgalā (mother in a previous life), 183n138; Mahāmāyā (mother), 22; Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī (aunt and stepmother), 22, 73, 98–99, 100–101, 112–113, 143, 145, 209n162; Mṛgajā (wife), 22; Nanda (half-brother; aka Sundarananda), 21, 108, 109, 183n136; Rāhula (son), 22, 23, 26, 108, 109; Śuddhodana (father), Index of Authors/Subjects 268 Index of Authors/Subjects 22, 99, 183n142; Yaśodharā (wife), 22, 26, 185n177 Buddhism outside India, 10, 118, 154, 167; Central Asian, 10, 80, 115–116, 117–118, 154, 163; Chinese, 10, 25, 116; Dunhuang, 214n252; Japanese, 10, 25, 116, 214n253; Kaśmīri, 80, 117–118; Ladakhi, 148–149; Mongolian , 10, 116, 154, 163, 214n254; Newar, 10, 80, 116, 117–118, 154, 155, 163, 214n253, 215n270; Sind(hu), 214n260; Sri Lankan, 10, 80; Tibetan, 10, 25, 80, 116, 117–118, 154, 178n66, 210n163 Buddhist studies, 3, 10, 13, 17, 18, 24, 27, 162–163, 173n24, 181n106 business matters, monastic involvement in, 7, 16, 27, 155, 166, 167, 168–169, 185n182, 228n63 Bu sTon, 224n138 celibacy, 2, 9, 116, 134, 147, 171n2, 214n257, 219n48; brahmacarya, 52, 72, 130, 133; breaches of (abrah­ macarya), 2, 9, 10, 30, 55, 83, 85–86, 103–104, 112, 114, 147–148, 155, 157–158, 162, 164–165, 166–167, 177n62, 195n133; definitions of, 155, 226n8; need to educate monks about, 79, 80, 86, 156, 199n27; for nuns, 110, 112, 114, 128, 129, 130, 133–134, 147–148; pact, 111; struggle with, 106–107; unfounded accusations concerning , 65, 66, 67, 104, 128, 130, 133, 148, 220n68; “vows” of, 2, 177n61 Chakravarti, Uma, 7–8 characters in Buddhist literature : Ajātaśatru (King), 114; Ājñātakauṇḍinya, 100, 108; Ardhakāśī, 48, 190n37; Aśvaka (Group-of-Six), 108; Bījaka (son of Sudinna), 55, 192n99; Bījakamātā (wife of Sudinna; mother of Bījaka), 55, 192n99; Chanda (Group-of-Six), 108; Dharmadinnā, 37, 48–49, 151, 189n36, 190n37; Gartodara, 73; Group-of-Six monks (ṣaḍvargika;­chabbaggiya), 84, 90–91, 99, 108, 113, 199n22, 201n45, 204n87, 216n16; Group-of-Twelve nuns, 90–91; Gupta (Prasenajit’s prime minister), 99, 100, 207nn122–123, 208n126; Guptā (wife of Udāyin; mother of Kumāra-Kāśyapa), 15, 80, 99–103, 104, 105, 113, 118, 134–139, 148, 152, 167, 200n40, 207n122, 207n124, 208n144, 209n154, 210n164, 220n78, 221n83, 222n100; Kāla Mṛgāraputra, 201n45, 204n87; Kāl...

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