Brahmavadini

Brahmavadini or "an expounder of the Veda" are those women who composed any hymns of the Vedas ^[1] The prominent among them were Lopamudra, Vishwawara, Sikta, Ghosha and Maitreyi.

Lopamudra was the wife of the sage Agastya.^[2] A hymn in the Rigveda is attributed to her. Maitreyi, the wife of Yajnavalkya, is accredited with about ten hymns in Rig Veda^[2]

Two suktas (hymns) of the tenth Mandala (book) of Rigveda, 39 and 40, each containing 14 verses, have been attributed to Ghosha.^[2] The first hymn praises the Ashvins. The second hymn is a personal wish expressing her intimate feelings and desires for married life.

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^ The Sanskrit text brahmavadini is the female of brahmavadi. According to Monier-Williams’s Sanskrit-English Dictionary, "brahmavādín" means ‘discoursing on sacred texts, a defender or expounder of the Veda, one who asserts that all things are to be identified with Brahman’. It doesn't means "one who speaks like God".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Vedic Women: Loving, Learned, Lucky!". Retrieved 2006-12-24.

[1] The Sanskrit text brahmavadini is the female of brahmavadi. According to Monier-Williams’s Sanskrit-English Dictionary, "brahmavādín" means ‘discoursing on sacred texts, a defender or expounder of the Veda, one who asserts that all things are to be identified with Brahman’. It doesn't means "one who speaks like God".

[about_vedic_women-2] "Vedic Women: Loving, Learned, Lucky!". Retrieved 2006-12-24.

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