Jizoku (priests’ wives) in Sōtō Zen Buddhism: An ambiguous category
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0304-1042
DOI: 10.18874/jjrs.22.1-2.1995.161-183