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Re: HSC's role on Women?!
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: HSC's role on Women?!
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From: gmadras@pinto.engr.ucdavis.edu (Giri)
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Date: 17 Apr 1996 16:37:12 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: University of California, Davis
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References: <4kh0sc$ea0@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4l1lp7$63g@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 22:16:13 -0700 (MST)
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Resent-From: Ajay Shah <ajay@mercury.aichem.arizona.edu>
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Resent-Message-Id: <Pine.ULT.3.90.960422221613.1604A@mercury.aichem.arizona.edu>
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Resent-To: ghen@netcom.com
Balasubramaniam santhanam <santhan@ee.gatech.edu> writes:
>ii) saraswati (Giver of all knowledge)
>and a host of other names that can be found in Sankaracharyas
>"Lalitha Sahasranam". Consequently the Hindu religion
Shankara did not write Lalita Sahasranama. The complete Lalita
Sahasranama including a brief introduction, and the text both in english
and sanskrit may be found at
ftp://jaguar.cs.utah.edu/private/sanskrit/sanskrit.html
>actually holds women in high esteem.
The hindu religion may hold the women in high esteem {and say it
is not being practiced today etc}, but women are not allowed to recite
vedas, or learn vedas. Nor do the major sampradayas (atleast the Shankara)
accept them as sanyas.
Giri
