Showing posts with label Romasa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romasa. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Romasa
Romasa é considerada uma das mulheres da Índia antiga a quem hinos do Rig Veda foram revelados. Aqui vemos uma referência à ela em um artigo na Zine5: “A educação das mulheres na civilização hindu era importante. As mulheres eram vistas como perfeitamente elegíveis ao privilégio de se estudar a literatura védica e realizar sacrifícios até por volta de 200 A.C. As mulheres realizavam rituais religiosos após completarem sua educação sob a guia de um Guru. Alguns dos hinos do Rig Veda são composições de vinte poetisas-sábias tais como as Rishikas, Romasa, Lopamudra, Apala, Paulomi e outras.”
“Dezessete dos videntes a quem os hinos do Rig Veda foram revelados eram mulheres — rishikas e brahmavadinis. Eram elas Romasa, Lopamudra, Apata, Kadru, Vishvavara, Ghosha, Juhu, Vagambhrini, Paulomi, Jarita, Shraddha-Kamayani, Urvashi, Sharnga, Yami, Indrani, Savitri e Devayani.
O Sama Veda menciona outras quatro: Nodha (ou Purvarchchika), Akrishtabhasha, Shikatanivavari (ou Utararchchika) e Ganpayana. Isto me intrigou tanto que tive que saber mais sobre elas, mas encontrei um branco. Quem eram estas maravilhosas mulheres que estavam no mesmo nível que seus homens e produziram a mais maravilhosa e duradoura literatura do mundo?
No período védico, brahmavadinis mulheres (estudantes) passavam pela mesma disciplina rigorosa que os homens, os brahmacharis. O Brihadaranyaka Upanishad descreve um ritual que assegura o nascimento de uma filha que vá se tornar uma pandita (erudita). Os Vedas dizem que garotas educadas deveriamse casar com um homem igualmente educado. As garotas passavam pela cerimônia de upanayana ou de cordão sagrado, estudos védicos e savitri vachana (estudos superiores). Panini diz que as mulheres estudavam os Vedas assim como os homens. De acordo com o Shrauta e os Grihya Sutras, a esposa repetia os mantras védicos igualmente com seu marido nas cerimônias religiosas. O Purva Mimamsa garante às mulheres direitos iguais aos dos homens de realizar cerimônias religiosas. A sociedade védica era, geralmente, monogâmica, e homens e mulheres tinham lugares iguais.” *
*http://rahulwrites.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/10/18/Women-in-India-1.html
Labels:
brahmavadinis,
Rig Veda,
Romasa,
vedic study,
women sages
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Romasa
Romasa is named as one of the women of ancient India to whom hymns of the Rig Veda were revealed. Here is a reference to her from an article at Zine5:
“The education of women within Hindu civilization was important. Women were regarded as perfectly eligible for the privilege of studying the Vedic literature and performing the sacrifices enjoined in it till about 200 B.C. Women performed religious rites after completing their education under a Guru. Some of the hymns of the Rig Veda are the composition of twenty sage-poetesses like the Rishikas, Romasa, Lopamudra, Apala, Paulomi and others.”
“Seventeen of the seers to whom the hymns of the Rig Veda were revealed were women — rishikas and brahmavadinis. They were Romasa, Lopamudra, Apata, Kadru, Vishvavara, Ghosha, Juhu, Vagambhrini, Paulomi, Jarita, Shraddha-Kamayani, Urvashi, Sharnga, Yami, Indrani, Savitri and Devayani. The Sama Veda mentions another four: Nodha (or Purvarchchika), Akrishtabhasha, Shikatanivavari (or Utararchchika) and Ganpayana. This intrigued me so much that I had to learn more about them, but I drew a blank. Who were these wonderful women who were on par with their men and produced the greatest and longest living literature of the world?
In the Vedic period, female brahmavadinis (students) went through the same rigorous discipline as their male counterparts, the brahmacharis. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad describes a ritual to ensure the birth of a daughter who would become a pandita (scholar). The Vedas say that an educated girl should be married to an equally educated man. Girls underwent the upanayana or thread ceremony, Vedic study and savitri vachana (higher studies). Panini says that women studied the Vedas equally with men. According to the Shrauta and Grihya Sutras, the wife repeated the Vedic mantras equally with their husbands at religious ceremonies. The Purva Mimamsa gave women equal rights with men to perform religious ceremonies. Vedic society was generally monogamous, and women had an equal place.” *
*http://rahulwrites.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/10/18/Women-in-India-1.html
“The education of women within Hindu civilization was important. Women were regarded as perfectly eligible for the privilege of studying the Vedic literature and performing the sacrifices enjoined in it till about 200 B.C. Women performed religious rites after completing their education under a Guru. Some of the hymns of the Rig Veda are the composition of twenty sage-poetesses like the Rishikas, Romasa, Lopamudra, Apala, Paulomi and others.”
“Seventeen of the seers to whom the hymns of the Rig Veda were revealed were women — rishikas and brahmavadinis. They were Romasa, Lopamudra, Apata, Kadru, Vishvavara, Ghosha, Juhu, Vagambhrini, Paulomi, Jarita, Shraddha-Kamayani, Urvashi, Sharnga, Yami, Indrani, Savitri and Devayani. The Sama Veda mentions another four: Nodha (or Purvarchchika), Akrishtabhasha, Shikatanivavari (or Utararchchika) and Ganpayana. This intrigued me so much that I had to learn more about them, but I drew a blank. Who were these wonderful women who were on par with their men and produced the greatest and longest living literature of the world?
In the Vedic period, female brahmavadinis (students) went through the same rigorous discipline as their male counterparts, the brahmacharis. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad describes a ritual to ensure the birth of a daughter who would become a pandita (scholar). The Vedas say that an educated girl should be married to an equally educated man. Girls underwent the upanayana or thread ceremony, Vedic study and savitri vachana (higher studies). Panini says that women studied the Vedas equally with men. According to the Shrauta and Grihya Sutras, the wife repeated the Vedic mantras equally with their husbands at religious ceremonies. The Purva Mimamsa gave women equal rights with men to perform religious ceremonies. Vedic society was generally monogamous, and women had an equal place.” *
*http://rahulwrites.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/10/18/Women-in-India-1.html
Labels:
brahmavadinis,
Rig Veda,
Romasa,
vedic study,
women sages
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)