Do women have the right to learn Vedas and chant Gayatri Mantra?
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There are several questions on the same (Please check the picture attached).
Some verses of Rigved, Garuda Purana, Kathak Samhita are provided in this thread.
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There are several questions on the same (Please check the picture attached).
Some verses of Rigved, Garuda Purana, Kathak Samhita are provided in this thread.
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"My destiny is as glorious as the rising sun. I am the flag of my home and society. I am also their head. I can give impressive discourses. My sons conquer enemies. My daughter illuminates the whole world. I myself am winner of enemies. My husband has infinite glory.
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I have made those sacrifices which make a king successful. I have also been successful. I have destroyed my enemies."
The Rigved empowers a woman as the head of the family and makes her family capable to face the real world.
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The Rigved empowers a woman as the head of the family and makes her family capable to face the real world.
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Garuda Purana says :
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Kathak Samhita says about a girl who initiates in studying Vedas.
The Gayatri mantra is cited widely in Vedic and post-Vedic texts. If a woman can study Vedas then why can't she chant Gayatri Mantra?
Coming back to the Mantra itself.
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The Gayatri mantra is cited widely in Vedic and post-Vedic texts. If a woman can study Vedas then why can't she chant Gayatri Mantra?
Coming back to the Mantra itself.
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As the name 'Gayatri' in Gayatri Mantra suggests that it's a name of a woman who's given a mother's form (despite the name, there are rumors against women chanting it). She's called the Tripada - who has cosmic qualities of Sat, Raj and Tam.
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They represent the dieties - Saraswati, Lakshmi and Kali.
*Gayatri is called Vedmata - she's the essence of the source of Vedas.*
And we saw what the Vedas say.
Introducing you to Gargi Vachaknavi, born in 7th to 9th century BCE.
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*Gayatri is called Vedmata - she's the essence of the source of Vedas.*
And we saw what the Vedas say.
Introducing you to Gargi Vachaknavi, born in 7th to 9th century BCE.
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She is a greatĀ natural philosopherĀ renowned expounder of the Vedas, and known asĀ Brahmavadini, a person with knowledge of Brahma Vidya.
She participated in Brahmayajna, a philosophical debate organized by Raja Janak and she challenged Rishi Yajnavalkya.
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She participated in Brahmayajna, a philosophical debate organized by Raja Janak and she challenged Rishi Yajnavalkya.
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She perplexed the Rishi with several questions - "That, O Yajavalkya, which is above the sky, that which is beneath the earth, that which is between these two, sky & earth, that which people call the past, the present & the futureāacross what is that woven that āpermeatesā it?
She has written several hymns in Rigved.
With her mastery of the Vedas, she certainly must have chanted Gayatri mantra thousands of times.
šŗThere are no restrictions on women chanting Gayatri Mantra.šŗ
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With her mastery of the Vedas, she certainly must have chanted Gayatri mantra thousands of times.
šŗThere are no restrictions on women chanting Gayatri Mantra.šŗ
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