The ordination was as a śrāmaṇerī, or novice nun, the highest level of ordination available for women in the Tibetan tradition at the time because the bhikṣuṇī sangha had never been established there.
The ordination was as a śrāmaṇerī, or novice nun, the highest level of female monastic status available for women in the Tibetan tradition at the time because the bhikṣuṇī sangha had never been established there.