https://ijojournals.com/index.php/ssh/issue/feedIJO- International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ( E:ISSN 2811-2466 ) (P.ISSN: 2384-6097)2026-06-07T11:04:44+00:00Rahul Khaninfo@ijojournals.comOpen Journal Systems<p><strong>IJO- International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ( E:ISSN 2811-2466 ) (P.ISSN: 2384-6097)</strong> Some of the major topics include (but not limited to) are Anthropology, Archaeology, Business Management, Business Studies, Communication studies, Corporate Governance, Corporate organization, Criminology, Cross-cultural, studies, Demography, Development Studies, Economics, Education, Educational Research, English, Literature, Entrepreneurship, ethics, General History, Geography, History, Human, human Tribes, Industrial relations, Information Science, International relations, International studies, Law, Legal Management, Library Science, Linguistics, literature, Local Languages, Market Management, Media studies, Music, Operational Management. </p>https://ijojournals.com/index.php/ssh/article/view/1313Speaking Silences and Moral Selves: Gender, Voice, and Ethical Subjectivity in the Buddhist Jātaka Corpus2026-06-07T11:04:44+00:00Prof. (Dr.) Snigdha Singhnoreplyijo@gmail.comDr. Swasti Alpanaswastialpana@satyawati.du.ac.in<p><em>This article examines how feminine figures in the Buddhist </em><em>Jātaka</em><em> corpus are positioned at the intersection of narrative silence and ethical resonance. Drawing on a feminist-narratological methodology, it interrogates how gendered subjectivity is shaped through acts of moral sacrifice, obedience, and silence, even when female characters are denied narrative agency. Through close readings of four tales—</em><em>Vessantara</em><em>, </em><em>Mahājanaka</em><em>, Mahā-</em><em>Ummagga</em><em>, and </em><em>Sīlavīmaṁsā</em><em> Jātakas—this study reveals how women function not merely as supporting roles but as crucial ethical nodes within the moral architecture of the tales. These figures are often structurally marginalized yet narratively indispensable, embodying dharma through loyalty, discipline, or sacrifice. The paper foregrounds tensions between voice and virtue, desire and discipline, and examines how these feminine characters both reinforce and complicate the Bodhisattva ideal. It contributes to ongoing debates in Buddhist gender studies by centering feminine ethical presence and narrative function as sites of moral and interpretive complexity.</em></p>2026-06-07T11:04:44+00:00##submission.copyrightStatement##