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

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Fri Nov 8 01:05:39 EST 2019


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> 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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