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Therigatha

The Therigatha (''Therīgāthā''), often translated as ''Verses of the Elder Nuns'' (Pāli: ''therī'' elder (feminine) + ''gāthā'' verses), is a Buddhist scripture, a collection of short poems of early women who were elder nuns (having experienced 10 Vassa or monsoon periods) from around 600 BCE. In the ''Pāli Canon'' of Theravada Buddhism, the ''Therigatha'' is classified as part of the ''Khuddaka Nikaya'', the collection of short books in the ''Sutta Pitaka''. It consists of 73 poems organized into 16 chapters. A recent translation has been published by Harvard University Press as part of the Murty Classical Library of India.
It is the earliest known collection of women's literature.
==Importance==
Despite its small size, the ''Therigatha'' is a very significant document in the study of early Buddhism as well as the earliest-known collection of women's literature. The ''Therigatha'' contains a passages reaffirming the view that women are the equal of men in terms of spiritual attainment as well as verses that address issues of particular interest to women in ancient South Asian society. Included in the ''Therigatha'' are the verses of a mother whose child has died (Thig VI.1 and VI.2), a former sex worker who became a nun (Thig V.2), a wealthy heiress who abandoned her life of pleasure (Thig VI.5) and even verses by the Buddha's own aunt and stepmother, Mahapajapati Gotami (Thig VI.6). An additional collection of scriptures concerning the role and abilities of women in the early Sangha is found in the fifth division of the ''Samyutta Nikaya'', known as the ''Bhikkhunī-Saṃyutta'' "Nun's discourse".
A number of the nuns whose verses are found in the ''Therigatha'' also have verses in the book of the ''Khuddaka Nikaya'' known as the ''Apadāna'', often called the ''Biographical Stories'' in English. The majority of these have been translated into the English language.

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