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Miranda de Souza Canavarro

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144: 138: 95:, 2011, p. 367. Quote: "Countess Miranda de Souza Carnavarro, briefly known as Sanghamitta, was an American theosophist and wealthy socialite who converted to Buddhism in 1897 under the discipleship of the Anagarika Dharmapala. Under Dharmapala's ..." 81:
1992 Page 87 "21 Canavarro transgressed the boundaries of Victorian social norms even more clearly and forcefully, however, when she began her secret "spiritual marriage" to Myron Henry Phelps (1856-1916), the Buddhist sympathizer, New York
19:(1849-1933) was a wealthy American theosophist notable as the first woman to convert to Buddhism in the United States, in 1897. She later moved to Ceylon and became a Buddhist nun. She became known as 183: 217: 34:(now called Hawaii), controlled by the US. Canavarro began a secret "spiritual marriage" to New York attorney and Buddhist sympathizer 237: 232: 242: 222: 176: 227: 212: 169: 157: 207: 202: 39: 8: 35: 143: 45:
Canavarro wrote several novels, which drew upon her own experiences. These include
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A socialite, she was married to the Portuguese ambassador to the
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