|
Useful Links |
|
|
Article Details :: |
|
|
| Article Name : | | | RELIGIOUS ROLE OF NUNS IN MYANMAR | | Author Name : | | | Jayantasiri , S. Veerapandian | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4430 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | In Buddhist nuns in Myanmar are classified into two categories according to their previous marital status. The first category comprises those who have become nuns while young and unmarried and, thus, sexually inexperienced. They are trained to become professional nuns by vocation. The other comprises those who were previously married or widowed, or who have left their homes to become nuns through changes of lifestyle. The former are referred to as ngebyu, meaning “ones who are young and pure,” and the latter are known as tawdwet, ones who have left for the forest. | | Keywords : | | |
|
|