Ven Khunying Yai Damrongthammasan
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Buddhist text's true author identified as Thai woman
By Samanthi Dissanayake
BBC News
Khunying Yai Damrongthammasan was wealthy and extremely devout
A little-known Thai woman has been identified by researchers as the most likely author of an important Buddhist treatise, previously attributed to a high-profile monk.
Thammanuthamma-patipatti is a set of dialogues, supposedly between two prominent Thai monks last century.
It had been attributed to one of them - Venerable Luang Pu Mun Bhuridatta.
But scholars believe it was really by a female devotee, making her one of the first Thai women to write such a text....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21936656
May I know if there are English translation of the aforementioned book available anywhere?
Metta
Buddhist text's true author identified as Thai woman
By Samanthi Dissanayake
BBC News
Khunying Yai Damrongthammasan was wealthy and extremely devout
A little-known Thai woman has been identified by researchers as the most likely author of an important Buddhist treatise, previously attributed to a high-profile monk.
Thammanuthamma-patipatti is a set of dialogues, supposedly between two prominent Thai monks last century.
It had been attributed to one of them - Venerable Luang Pu Mun Bhuridatta.
But scholars believe it was really by a female devotee, making her one of the first Thai women to write such a text....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21936656
May I know if there are English translation of the aforementioned book available anywhere?
Metta