Women's Right to Vedic Study
Women's Right to Vedic Study Prologue: The literature, especially on Mimamsa, is vast and too much for me, so I would like ti thank an acquaintance I met on social media who has provided me with the relevant texts and even offered their own view points for me to use. Introduction In a previous post, I argued for the right of married women to Vedic study. Now I will establish the right for all (Dvija) women for Upanayanam . Normally, people would cite women liek Lopamudra or Gargi or Sita as evidence of women doing Vedic chanting, but the common response is that they are exceptions on account of being Uttama Stri . I will actually accept that response, and for the course of this article I won't cite Uttama Stri as proof for Vedic study for women. I also have made some standardized hermeneutical principles to stream line my arguments. You can refer to them here: https://bharatasamskriti.blogspot.com/2024/03/new-hermeneutical-principles-for.html?m=1 Origin of the Pr...