[Advaita-l] Women and Paramahamsa sannyasa

[Kathirasan K]

Namaste ji,

I have encountered a verse from the Yatidharmaprakasha of vasudevashrama
that cites women's eligibility for Sannyasa. The verse number is 61.8.
However I don't have copy of the text with me right now. It would be great
if anyone chould check this up. Thanks.

Kathirasan


2012/3/17 श्रीमल्ललितालालितः <lalitaalaalitah at lalitaalaalitah.com>

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> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 21:25, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <
> svidyasankar at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> > > A wrong conception. That type of saMnyAsa which is marked by tridaNDa
> is
> > > not called paramahaMsa-saMnyAsa at all. paramahaMsa saMnyAsa is marked
> by
> > > either eka-daNDa or lack of daNDa.
> >
> > Not to nitpick, but note that there is a lot of variability in what
> > different sources
> > mean by the term paramahaMsa saMnyAsa.
> >
>
> Yes, you are correct in saying that different sources define the term
> paramahaMsa differently.
> But, I was opposing the view according to definitions of
> paramahaMsopaniShat and shrI-vidyAraNya. And it was the view which shrI V.
> Subrahmanian was considering while talking, I think. So, my oppositions
> holds good here.
> Moreover, I've not seen any shruti or smR^iti defining paramahaMsa-s as
> tri-daNDI-s. I've seen refutation of this view in a few commentaries of
> smR^iti-s.
>
>
> >  > > there is evidence in the smRti for such
> > > > a practice having been in vogue.
> > >
> > > Without having vidhi-vAkyA-s to support saMnyAsa of women, it is not
> > > correct to say that they are allowed by veda-s to do so. Any story
> which
> > > has no base in vaidika-dharma-shAstra-s or is opposed to nyAya-s of
> > > pUrva-mImAMsA is not acceptable.
> >
> > The correct pUrva mImAMsA approach to this is to ask if there is a
> specific
> > vaidika nishedha that prohibits women from taking saMnyAsa. This is very
> > different from looking for a vidhi supporting saMnyAsa for women.
>
>
> Even unavailability of niShedha is not needed to bar women from saMnyAsa.
> Why ?
> Because, women can't shun karma.
> Why ?
> Because, they are not in possession of karma. By karma I mean vaidika karma
> here.
> There is no need to shun laukika karma with prAjApatyeShTi and virajA homa.
> The karma which was received with vidhi is to be shunned with vidhi in
> order to avoid pratyavAya. laukika-karma-s are not prescribed with vidhi.
> So, as soon as need or desire goes, one is seen to leave them without being
> subject to any pratyavAya.
>
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