Nun

Nunis awomanwho made a specialvow(orpromise)dedicatingherself to areligiouslife. Catholic nuns are said to "take the veil" as a symbol of their new life.^[1]Roman Catholicnuns are the most commonly thought of nuns in the West, but nuns are found in different forms ofChristianityas well as non-Christian religions such asBuddhism.A fully ordained Buddhist nun is called a bhikkhuni or bhiksuni; ordained novices are sāmaṇerī.^[2]A nun is thefemaleversion of amonk.^[3]

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↑Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries,eds. Jeffrey F Hamburger; Susan Marti; et al. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008), p. 13
↑Bhikkhunī Ordination From Ancient India to Contemporary Sri Lanka by Bhikkhu Anālayo භි ක ් ෂ ුණ ී පැව ි ද ් ද පු රාණ ඉන ් ද ියාවේ පටන ් ද වර ් තමාන ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දක ් ෂ වා භි ක ් ඛ ු අනාලය ෝ Translated by Bhikkhu Derangala Kusalañāṇa පර ි වර ් තනය: භි ක ් ඛ ු දෑරංගල කු සලඤාණ Forewords by Bhante Guṇaratana, Bhikkhu Bodhi, and Ajahn Brahmavaṃsohttp:// buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/bhikkhuni.pdf
↑Association of the Monasteries of Nuns of the Order of Preachers of the United States of America,Vocation in Black and White: Dominican Contemplative Nuns Tell How God Called Them(New York: iUniverse, 2008), p. 106

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[1] Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries,eds. Jeffrey F Hamburger; Susan Marti; et al. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008), p. 13

[2] Bhikkhunī Ordination From Ancient India to Contemporary Sri Lanka by Bhikkhu Anālayo භි ක ් ෂ ුණ ී පැව ි ද ් ද පු රාණ ඉන ් ද ියාවේ පටන ් ද වර ් තමාන ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දක ් ෂ වා භි ක ් ඛ ු අනාලය ෝ Translated by Bhikkhu Derangala Kusalañāṇa පර ි වර ් තනය: භි ක ් ඛ ු දෑරංගල කු සලඤාණ Forewords by Bhante Guṇaratana, Bhikkhu Bodhi, and Ajahn Brahmavaṃsohttp:// buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/bhikkhuni.pdf

[3] Association of the Monasteries of Nuns of the Order of Preachers of the United States of America,Vocation in Black and White: Dominican Contemplative Nuns Tell How God Called Them(New York: iUniverse, 2008), p. 106

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