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''Brahmavadini'' or "an expounder of the ''Veda''" are those women who composed any hymns of the Vedas 〔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".〕 The prominent among them were Lopamudra, Vishwawara, Sikta, Ghosha and Maitreyi. Maitreyi, (the wife of Yajnavalkya) is accredited with about ten hymns in Rig Veda〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa031601c.htm )〕 Two ''sukta''s (hymns) of the tenth ''Mandala'' (book) of Rigveda, 39 and 40, each containing 14 verses, have been attributed to Ghosha.〔 The first hymn praises the Ashvins. The second hymn is a personal wish expressing her intimate feelings and desires for married life. Lopamudra was the wife of the sage Agastya.〔 A hymn in the Rigveda is attributed to her. ==See also== * History of education in the Indian subcontinent 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brahmavadini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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