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Re: Question regarding Chanting of Vedas by women

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Sreenivas Chakravarthy • January 27, 2003 


Namaskaram Ms. Sowmya.
I dont know the what made you to write this mail. But I dont find any relationship between Andal's Tiruppavai.
The point that in those days ladies were restricted from learning and chating vedas cannot be denied.
Infact, that could have been one of the reasons for Andal to compose the Prabandam verses(which are called Dravida Vedam). But we cannot say that Andal used to chant vedas and mantras. And chating of vedas has nothing to do with Prabandams. If we go by your argument, then we would have not got the prabandams of many Alwars since most of them are not Brahmins and in those days only Brahmins were allowed to learn Vedas.
Regards
Chakravarthy
 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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