A Women's Dhammapada

By: Merrill, Lisa

This version of the Dhammapada contains the same text as the English translation of the Dhammapada translated by Friedrich Max M ller and published in The Sacred Books of the East (which is in the public domain in the United States), except that this version has been changed to use American rather than British spelling (harbor rather than harbour, for example), changes "he" and "his" and "him" to "she" and "hers" and "her" as required to be grammatically correct and female-centric (except when speaking of specific beings with a certain gender, like Mara), changes "Bhikshu(s)" to "Bhikshuni(s)", changes "man" to "woman", changes "men" to "women", changes "himself" to "herself", changes "son(s)" to "child(ren)", changes "fellow" to "woman", changes "lordship" to "authority", changes "layman" to "laywoman", changes "king(s)" to "queen(s)" except when referring to the king of death, changes "lord" to "mistress" (except when referring to Yama), changes "lordship" to "rulership" except when referring to Indra, changes "god(s)" to "goddess(es)", changes "a friar" to "an ordained woman", changes "man's wife" to "woman's husband", changes "man towards women" to "woman towards men", changes "nor a father" to "nor a mother", changes "king(s)" to "queen(s)" and "kingdom" to "queendom", changes "neighbour's wife" to "neighbor's husband", changes "sons and a wife" to "children and a husband", changes "mankind" to "humankind", changes "laymen" to "laywomen", changes "hero" to "heroine", changes "manly" to "brave", and puts the chapter titles in bold.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CK3YB473
• ISBN13: 9798210920416
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"