There is a news item that the Kanchi Periyavar sent a telegram to PMO's office, on the impending danger to Rajiv Gandhi's Life, in March 1981. This was before Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in May 1981. "“..Dear Sri Rajiv,there’s a serious threat to your life in the month of May in Tamil Nadu..Please do not visit this state during May,1991..If you still have a compelling reason to do so,please visit the Kanchi Math first and seek the divine blessings of His Holiness Sri Sankara Bhagawatpada and then go ahead with your tour of Tamil Nadu..”"
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To sum up. There are some injunctions on women prohibiting them from learning the Vedas. Kanhi Periyavar says that women in Kali Yuga are weak and hence need not learn the Vedas. His advice is to learn the Dharma sastra and he does not say learning the Vedas is prohibited . His Concern seems more on the the rigorous practice and Discipline needed to learn the Vedas and that being weak, women need not learn the Vedas. He does no say the Vedas proscribe women learning the Vedas. Sruthi is the Highest authority, Smrtis take a backseat, so also the Purana and The Ithihasas, when compared with the Vedas. I feel on the strength of the Sruthi, Vedas can be learned by women by following the procedure laid by The Vedas to learn the Vedas.
Trotakacharya (IAST Troţakācārya) (c. 8th century CE) was a disciple of Adi Shankara, the Advaita philosopher. He was made the first Jagadguru (head) of the Jyotirmatha Peetham, the northern matha founded by Adi Shankara near Badrinath. He founded a matha by name Vadakke Matham in Thrissur, Kerala. Meeting Adi Sankara. The Mādhavīya Śaṃkaravijayam states that when Adi Shankara was at Sringeri, he met a boy … Continue reading Rare Videos of Kanchi Periyava on Adi Sankara. Totakacharya.
Following are from the Book ' Hindu Dharma" , a book which contains English translation of certain invaluable and engrossing speeches of Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi MahaSwamiji (at various times during the years 1907 to 1994). Republished here with the Sri.Kanchi Mutt's Permission. May the Good Word Spread.
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