Question on women and the Vedas

[Guest guest]

Harihi Om

 

As long as Srivaishnavas accept Sri Lakshmi, the consort of Srimannarayana and

Andal, one among the Alwars, as members of our lineage of Acharyas, common sense

should dictate that there is no logical reason to prohibit women from chanting

Vedas. The belief is perhaps, unfounded and purely prejudicial.

 

The only drawback if one wants to call it that, is a personal observation of

mine which is, women's vocal chords are not designed to generate the kind of

tenre and deep sounds that experts say are needed in reciting Vedas. It is only

men who are likely to have these vocal characteristics. My wife and I recite

Suktas together sometimes and she feels humiliated and will not be able to

continue if I start with a style that I have learned to recite the suktas. In

deference to her, I have to subdue my own recitation style and believe me that I

will not have the satisfaction of having recited the sukta well at the end of

it. But that's life in 21st Century. Since sounds, syllables, punctuation,

accentuation and pronunciation are big part of reciting Vedas, it will not be

without reason to believe that recitation of Vedas became a forte of men and

women were out of the competition!

 

This is only my humble opinion.

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

Keshava Prasad

 

 

[Guest guest]

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

 

 

[Guest guest]

There was an discussion on this subject

last year in sv-rituals:

 

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/rituals/apr2002/0076.html

 

 

-Shreyas

[Guest guest]

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 <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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