saharanAmam & gAyathrI mantram Q's

From the Bhakti List Archives

• May 8, 1998


Could someone on th elist clarify the following:

Q1 Are there any arguments in support of the belief that
women cannot recite saharanAmam & gAyathrI mantram ??

Q2. The reasons being...that they contain something called
Beeja aksharAs - what are they?

om namo NamonArAyanAya
LakshmiNArAyanan