Re: EkAnkI
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• January 21, 1999
Sri Mohan wrote: > >There are SriVaishnava monks, known, I believe, as ekAngis, > >who have many of the same rites and responsibilities as the Brahmin Jeears, > >except for the practice of these vEdic rites. To which Sri Varadhan replied: > EkAnkis do not fall under the category that is quoted above. > an EkAki is a bramhAchAri that is kind of an "assistant" ... Varadhan, Though this is the terminology used at Tirupati, the word "ekAngi" also refers to sAttAda (non-brahmin) Sri Vaishnava sannyAsis. I refer you to Sri M. Srinivasan's post from 1995: http://www.best.com/~mani/sv/bhakti/archives/dec95/0070.html where he mentions a svAmi who bore the title "ekAngi". This title is used regularly by sannyAsis in our sampradayam who are not brahmins. Mani
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