Please don’t forget the goddess chapter of the Vimalakīrtinirdeśasūtra, a real gender-bender (intentionally so).
Matthew T. Kapstein Professor emeritus Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris Associate The University of Chicago Divinity School Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/ https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1 https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949 Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS. -------- Original Message -------- On Friday, 03/13/26 at 22:27 Дмитрий Комиссаров via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, in Samudramathana by Vatsaraja this story about Mohini is retold > in a funny way. > > Best regards, > Dmitrii Komissarov > > сб, 14 мар. 2026 г., 00:19 Дмитрий Комиссаров <[email protected]>: > >> By the way, in Samudramathana by Vatsaraja this story about Mohini is retold >> in a funny way. >> >> Best regards, >> Dmitrii Komissarov >> >> сб, 14 мар. 2026 г., 00:15 Valerie Roebuck via INDOLOGY >> <[email protected]>: >> >>> What an interesting topic. If divine figures are included, there is >>> Viṣṇu’s appearance as Mohinĩ (Mahãbhãrata etc). If she wants to look beyond >>> Sanskrit, we have the story of Soreyya/Soreyyã in the Pali commentarial >>> literature. >>> >>> Valerie J Roebuck >>> Manchester, UK >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 13 Mar 2026, at 20:47, Marco Franceschini via INDOLOGY >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear friends and colleagues, >>>> >>>> one of my students is writing her undergraduate thesis on the theme of >>>> gender change in pre-modern Sanskrit literature. >>>> So far, we have identified the following cases: >>>> - Ila/Sudyumna-Ilā (Rāmāyaṇa, Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Viṣṇupurāṇa, Vāyupurāṇa) >>>> - Bhaṅgāsvana (Mahābhārata) >>>> - Śikhaṇḍin (Mahābhārata) >>>> - Mūladeva (Vetālapañcaviṃśati) >>>> - Rūpāvatī (Divyāvadāna) >>>> - Arjuna (Mahābhārata) >>>> >>>> As for studies on the subject, we have been able to identify only these >>>> three: >>>> - M. Bloomfield, On the Art of Entering Another's Body: A Hindu Fiction >>>> Motif >>>> - N. Brown, Change of Sex as a Hindu Story Motif >>>> - R. Goldman, Transsexualism, Gender, and Anxiety in Traditional India >>>> >>>> I would be grateful for any additional suggestions you might wish to >>>> provide. >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for your suggestions. >>>> Best wishes, >>>> >>>> Marco >>>> ---Marco Franceschini >>>> >>>> ———————————--- >>>> Associate Professor >>>> University of Bologna >>>> Department of History and Cultures >>>> [Personal web page](https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/marco.franceschini3/en) >>>> [Academia web page](http://unibo.academia.edu/MarcoFranceschini) >>>> — >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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