Do women have the right to read the Vedas in Hinduism?

-Nishant Arya

Today this subject will be written in some detail and it will be presented what the Vedic scripture says about this subject.

This mantra has come in Rigveda 10, 191,3.

Here it is clearly stated that Samano mantra which means O male and female! This mantra has been given equally to you.

It further states that Samani Samanam Mana: This means that your mutual thoughts should also be the same, do not resist.

There are many Saraswati Suktas in the Rigveda, in which a special description of the duties of learned women is given.

The proof of a mantra is being presented and stated clearly. The learned woman uses the sweet and true words, and also inspires others to do the same.

Shatpath 2,5,1,11 has also been called योषा वै सरस्वती वृषा पूषा, the meaning of which is clear in the sense of scholarly wife.

Even in the Valmiki Ramayana, 2,20,15 explicitly states that Kaushalya was a scholar of the Veda, and was performing havan

Whoever performs Agnihotra has to recite the Veda Mantra. This proves that the Vedas give women the right to read the Vedas themselves.

There is also a shloka in Mahabharata which describes a Brahmini woman named Shivaa in Udyogaparva 109, 18 where it is clearly written that Shivaa was a scholar of Vedas and she attained salvation by reading all the Vedas.

अत्र सिद्धा शिवा नाम ब्राह्मणी वेदपारगा।

अधीत्य सकलान् वेदान् लभेसन्देहमक्षयम्

There are many such proofs which give women the right to read the Vedas.

Even in the Upanishads etc., there is a description of the learned women like Gargi Maitrai, who directly challenges the male scholars in front of the king even to challenge them and also to debate

I think this is enough evidence in this subject