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Srivijaya's Female Buddhist Master: Jnanavati at the Thousand Temples
This episode of the Srivijaya series tells the story of Jnanavati, a rare named female scholar from Srivijaya's Buddhist golden age. Lucas and Luna explore her journey from Palembang to the great monastery of Nalanda in India, her study under the abbot Shilabhadra, and her return to lead a teaching center at the Thousand Temples monastery near present-day Jambi. Using Chinese traveler Yijing's records, they piece together Jnanavati's life against the backdrop of Srivijaya's patronage of Buddhism and its connections with the Pala Empire. The episode highlights the role of…
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