A Note on Names
Several of the ascetics for this assignment are known by a few variations of their name, especially when their names are translated into English. It is highly advisable for your group to keep a list of different, common uses of your ascetic's name as you research, so that you are able to cover your bases as you work through different databases. In the space below, I have linked a Library of Congress resource for finding name variations of each ascetic.
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*Citations and full-text to resources related to religion and theology
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*Full access to reference books covering multiple subject areas
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*Online encyclopedias covering multiple subject areas
Reserves & eBooks
Databases & Websites
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*Citations and full-text to resources related to religion and theology
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*Citations to resources related to Asian Studies
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*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
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*Citations and full-text to resources relating to multiple subject areas
*Access to articles in the journal Science from 1990 to the present
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*Full access to the Humanities Collection
Books on Reserve & eBook
Databases
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources related to religion and theology
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to Asian Studies
What's included?
*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources relating to multiple subject areas
*Access to articles in the journal Science from 1990 to the present
What's included?
*Full access to the Humanities Collection
Books on Reserve
Databases
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources related to religion and theology
What's included?
*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources relating to multiple subject areas
*Access to articles in the journal Science from 1990 to the present
What's included?
*Full access to the Humanities Collection
Books on Reserve
Databases & Online Resources
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources related to religion and theology
What's included?
*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources relating to multiple subject areas
*Access to articles in the journal Science from 1990 to the present
What's included?
*Full access to the Humanities Collection
Books on Reserve & eBook
Please note: Bhikkhuni Kusuma Devendra fairly recently passed away, so there is not a lot of scholarly material written about her in English yet. The following materials are your best bets within our physical collections; at times, these books focus on Sri Lankan Buddhist nuns more broadly, which will help contextualize and fill in background information about Devendra.
Databases & Online Resources
What's included?
*Citations and full-text to resources related to religion and theology
What's included?
*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
What's included?
*Full access to the Humanities Collection
Websites & Online
Abstract: Theravada Bhikkhunis by Bhikkuni Dr. Kusuma Devendra
[Thesis] Vigilant Steps: A Study of Buddhist Female Renunciant Groups in Contemporary Sri Lanka