Tai Phake Women of Assam : Quest for Salvation through Theravada Buddhism

Author(s)	Dr. Dipankar Gogoi
Country	India
Abstract	The paper relates to the Tai Phake women’s participation in religious practices from a Buddhist perspective. As such, following are the basic objectives of the paper is to study about the traditional role of Phake women in the Phake society, to explain the role of the Phake women in household Buddhist rituals, to study about their involvement in Buddhist communal rituals and festivals To discuss the existence of a nun-like yashi system. To study about basic practices followed by the women and their way of earning merit for salvation.
Keywords	Therevada Buddhism, Salvation,Tai Phake Community, Tai Phake Women,
Field	Sociology > Archaeology / History
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 5, September-October 2026
Published On	2026-10-11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i05.89286

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