[Advaita-l] A request for clarifications

[V Subrahmanian]

Here is the link that works for the article on 'Eligibility to study the
Veda':

https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eligibility-to-the-study-of-the-veda.pdf


regards



On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 10:20 PM santosh mahapatra via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Esteemed Members,
>> Please accept my humble Pranams. For past several months I am going
>> through an internal turmoil due to my inability to answer some questions
>> raised by my 18 year old son regarding Adi Shankar's remarks prohibiting
>> studies of Vedas and Vedanta by Women and Shudras.Can there be any
>> spiritual interpretation to Adi Shankaracharya's such injunctions? I shall
>> appreciate the responses from the learned members in this group. They will
>> be very helpful to clarify his doubts.
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> Namaste
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> With regard to the eligibility to study the Veda, all the traditional
> schools are in agreement. The Smritis they cite are also the same. Even
> Vallabha and Nimbarka agree with the earlier Three Acharyas.  Here is a
> short article in English consisting of the Bhashyas, English translation
> and an image from Gautama Dharma Sutra:
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> https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eligibility-to-the-study-of-the-veda.pdf
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