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Women's Ordination. / Kawanami, Hiroko.
The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice. ed. / Paula Arai; Kevin Trainor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. p. 405-420.

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Kawanami, H 2022, Women's Ordination. in P Arai & K Trainor (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 405-420. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190632922.013.22

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Kawanami, H. (2022). Women's Ordination. In P. Arai, & K. Trainor (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice (pp. 405-420). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190632922.013.22

Vancouver

Kawanami H. Women's Ordination. In Arai P, Trainor K, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2022. p. 405-420 doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190632922.013.22

Author

Kawanami, Hiroko. / Women's Ordination. The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice. editor / Paula Arai ; Kevin Trainor. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. pp. 405-420

Bibtex

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