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# Sikatanivavari [Uttararchchika, i, 4]
 
# Sikatanivavari [Uttararchchika, i, 4]
 
# Gaupayana [ib., xxii, 4]
 
# Gaupayana [ib., xxii, 4]
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Brhaddevata mentions the following list of rishikas in Rigvedic times mentioned as Brahmavadinis.<blockquote>घोषा गोधा विश्ववारा, अपालोपनिषन्निषत् । ब्रह्मजाया जुहूर्नाम अगस्त्यस्य स्वसादिति: ॥
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इन्द्राणी चेन्द्रमाता च सरमा रोमशोर्वशी । लोपामुद्रा च नद्यश्च यमी नारी च शश्वती ॥
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श्रीर्लाक्षा सार्पराज्ञी वाक्श्रद्धा मेधा च दक्षिणा । रात्री सूर्या च सावित्री ब्रह्मवादिन्य ईरिता: ॥ (बृहद्देवता २/८४, ८५, ८६)</blockquote>Meaning: Ghosha, Godha, Vishvavara, Apaala, Upanishad, Nishad, Brahmajaya (Juhu), Agasthya's sister, Aditi, Indrani, Indra's mother, Sarama, Romasha, Urvashi, Lopamudra, Nadis (Rivers), Yami, Shasvati, Shri, Laksha, Sarparajni, Vak, Shraddha, Medha, Dakshina, Ratri, and Suryaa are all Brahmavadinis.
    
The Brahmavadinis were the products of the educational discipline of brahmacharya for which women also were eligible. Rigveda (5.7.9) refers to young maidens completing their education as brahmacharinis and then gaining husbands in whom they are merged like rivers in oceans. Rigveda 3.55.16 mentions unmarried learned and young daughters who should be married to learned bridegrooms. Yajurveda [8.1] similarly states that a daughter, who has completed her brahmacharya, should be married to one who is learned like her. The Atharvaveda [9.6] also refers to maidens qualifydng by their brahmacharya, the disciplined life of studentship, for married life in the second ashrama (''brahmacharyena kanya yuvanam vindate patim'').<ref name=":8" />
 
The Brahmavadinis were the products of the educational discipline of brahmacharya for which women also were eligible. Rigveda (5.7.9) refers to young maidens completing their education as brahmacharinis and then gaining husbands in whom they are merged like rivers in oceans. Rigveda 3.55.16 mentions unmarried learned and young daughters who should be married to learned bridegrooms. Yajurveda [8.1] similarly states that a daughter, who has completed her brahmacharya, should be married to one who is learned like her. The Atharvaveda [9.6] also refers to maidens qualifydng by their brahmacharya, the disciplined life of studentship, for married life in the second ashrama (''brahmacharyena kanya yuvanam vindate patim'').<ref name=":8" />
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We see that Vagambhrini became a Brahmavadini inspired with the knowledge of the Self through whom the Vak Devi proclaimed her own glory. The Devi Sukta is also known as Ambhrni Sukta and is dedicated to Vak(speech).  
 
We see that Vagambhrini became a Brahmavadini inspired with the knowledge of the Self through whom the Vak Devi proclaimed her own glory. The Devi Sukta is also known as Ambhrni Sukta and is dedicated to Vak(speech).  
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=== रोमशा ॥ Romasa ===
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=== रोमशा ॥ Romasha ===
 
Romasa was one of the woman seers who was the mantra drashta of the Rig Veda rks. She was a Brahmavadini who underwent the upanayana or thread ceremony, Vedic study and Savitri Vachana (higher studies). She was the daughter of Brhaspati and dharmapatni of Bhavayavya. It is said that she used to discuss about that information which enhanced the intellect, hence was called Romasa. Vedas and their shakas themselves are the hairs on her body, and she used to spread that knowledge hence called Romasa (indicates that she was wellversed in the Vedas).<ref>Kalyan Magazine, Nari Anka - Brahmavadini Romasa ([https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.427009/page/n413 Page No 358]) by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.</ref>  
 
Romasa was one of the woman seers who was the mantra drashta of the Rig Veda rks. She was a Brahmavadini who underwent the upanayana or thread ceremony, Vedic study and Savitri Vachana (higher studies). She was the daughter of Brhaspati and dharmapatni of Bhavayavya. It is said that she used to discuss about that information which enhanced the intellect, hence was called Romasa. Vedas and their shakas themselves are the hairs on her body, and she used to spread that knowledge hence called Romasa (indicates that she was wellversed in the Vedas).<ref>Kalyan Magazine, Nari Anka - Brahmavadini Romasa ([https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.427009/page/n413 Page No 358]) by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.</ref>  
  

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