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Re: Question on women and the Vedas

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Nanmaaran • January 30, 2003 


Dear Sir,
I discussed this issue with a learned scholar who belongs to thirukudanthai Vijayaraghavachar family who  was very close associate of Thirukudanthai Andavan(Kannan SwamigaL). Iam posting the reference given by him as below.
In Ayodhya Kandam Sargam 4 Slokam 33,
It is clearly stated that Kausalya Devi prays and meditates to Lord Vishnu for Rama's yuvarajya post following the PRANAYAMA Rules and regulations.
If that is so then how can we say that they were prevented to chant mantras in those days. I fully endorse to Sowmya's view that if this was the restriction to Women that time, we could not have seen a thirupavai which is "vedamanaithukkum vithu".
If you say that Androgen will get generated when chanting OMKARA, kindly give proof of the same thru some scienctific finding. 
Regards,
Nanmaaran
 Vijay Iyengar  wrote:Hi All,

I am the grand-nephew of Madabushi Gopalachar, who was a guru to
many. I had discussed the same issue with him. He said the reason for
women prohibited from chanting the vedas is the OMKAARA.

When one pronounces OMKAARA it should be from the NAABHI.
When OMKAARA is thus produced, a lot of enyzmes will be generated.
Of these Androgen will be generated more and this will lead to a good
well built masculine body. If this is generated more in women, they tend
to look more masculine.

Regards
Thuphal VijayaRaghvan

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