Buddhist school has an area providing female accommodation (6)
I believe the answer is:
zenana
'female accommodation' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'buddhist school has an area' is the wordplay.
'buddhist school' becomes 'zen' (I've seen this in another clue).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'zen'+'an'+'a'='ZENANA'
'providing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for zenana that I've seen before include "women - only accommodation" , "in which Indian women are segregated" , "In Iran, part of the house in which females are secluded" , "which will ensure girls are secluded" .)