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Re: Question regarding Chanting of Vedas by women

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Anand Iyengar • January 27, 2003 


Respected Sowmya,
I do respect your interest in chanting the vedas, but
i just wanted to understand what was the exact reason
as to why women were not allowed to chant them. 

The thought just came to me as a result of my
curiosity , hence i requested the learned bhagavatas
to give me some insight into the underlying thought.

I am extremly sorry if adiyen has hurt the feelings of
any bhagavatas.

Once  again adiyen re-iterates that "I do not mean to
hurt the feelings or intimidate any bhagavatas". I
just wanted to know the reason behind it if any.

Dasan,

Anand 
--- Sowmya N V  wrote:
> Namaskaaram Anand avargale
>     
> Only a woman who is interested in chanting the vedas
> needs to know if she is entitled to do so ,and ,
> moreover
> If  aeons ago  ,women were not allowed to chant
> mantrams , we possibly wouldnt have had a Andal
> Tiruppavai now
> 
> Regards
> Sowmya
> 
> 
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