[Advaita-l] Amma Swamini Swathmabodhananda Saraswathi no more.

ஆமாச்சு amachu at amachu.me
Fri Nov 8 01:12:26 EST 2019


there have been women like avvayar, karaikkal ammaiyar. it would be 
better to put them as is, instead of pre-post, ashrama etc., that 
appeared strange.

On 08/11/19 11:35 AM, V Subrahmanian wrote:
> In the Jivan Mukti Viveka, Swami Vidyaranya has said that sannyasa for 
> women is permitted. The 'praisha' mantra they have to utter is to be 
> in their native language. The Mahabharata talks of a sannyasini by 
> name Sulabha whom Shankara has cited in the Brahmasutra bhashya:
>
> अथ धर्मयुगे तस्मिन यॊगधर्मम अनुष्ठिता महीम अनुचचारैका सुलभा नाम 
> भिक्षुकी 8 https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/mbs/mbs12308.htm
>
> regards
> subbu
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 10:57 AM ஆமாச்சு via Advaita-l 
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org 
> <mailto:advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>> wrote:
>
>     That is strange to hear pre-asrama and post-ashrama for woman.
>
>     On 06/11/19 4:18 PM, Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l wrote:
>     > Yes, her pUrvAshrama name : Lakshmi Muthuswamy, she has her
>     house in Malleshwaram 18th Cross.  She stayed at Shrungeri for
>     some time as well.
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