- Access is, of course, graded. This is a consequence of the allowance for exclusivism in the hindu way (see here).
- Neo-Traditional female brAhmaNI ritual specialists
Ritual purity and mestural cycles
- A mensturating woman is considered ritually impure for most purposes.
- This is atleast as old as Apastamba shrauta sUtra [IMG].
- yAga-dIxa overcomes this [IMG].
Vedic education
- Not uncommon access for brahmavAdinI-s in texts: see upavIta.
- [Discussions - BVP]
- There are many examples of female deities wearing yajJNopavIta - but what applies to the Gods don’t apply to us :-)
Vedic ritual
- Apastamba says - पाणिग्रहाणात् सहत्वं कर्मसु पुण्यफलेषु च ।
- Other examples of requiring women to say