CONTENTS: Introduction Contents-Titles of Original Publications-Acknowledgements, 1. Early Buddhism, 2. Women in Agama and Vinaya Literature, 3. The Transmission of Teachings by a Nun, 4. Oral Transmission and School Affiliation, 5. The Dynamics of Abbeviation (1), 6. The Dynamics of Abbreviation (2), 7. The Dynamics of Abbeviation (3), 8. The Function of Silence in Agama Literature, 9. Skill in Means, 10. A Discourse Without Parallels, 11. The First Three Angas and Early Buddhist Texts, 12. The Role of Pericopes and Formulas (1), 13. The Role of Pericopes and Formulas (2), 14. The Role of Memorization, 15. Text-Critical Study of Agama Literature (1), 16. Text-Critical Study of Agama Literature (2), 17. The Beginnings of Abhidharma, 18. The Notion of Monastic Communion, 19. The Founding of the Nuns' Order, 20. The Legality Bhikkhuni Ordination, 21. Appendix I. 22. Appendi II, Abbreviations, References, Index. 568pp,.