Om Namo Narayanaya, Dasa is Male, Dasi is female in Snskrit language. So using Dasa for male and Dasi for female is fine from my opinion. Sriman Narayana Dasa Sampige Srinivasa Iyengar Bengalooru >From: Sampath G <sampath_govindachari@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: tatachar@xxxxxxx, narsimhan csl <cslnarsimhan@xxxxxxxxx>, Vasan >Sriranga Chari <vasan_chari_hk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, chitra_vidya ><chitra_vidya@xxxxxxxxx> >CC: SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] clarificatino on Ramanuja Dasan - Dasee >Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:59:31 +0000 (GMT) > > >Srimathe Lakshminarasimha Para Brahmane Namaha ! > >Dear Bhagavathas, > >It is quite interesting to note the various thoughts emanating on the >subject . In my humble opinion , when one has reached a stage of calling >himself / herself , as a devotee of some one instead of other normal >worldly identity , then gender should not bother. We are all supposed to be >the female partners of Sriman Narayanan , since He is the only >Purushothaman. As such the term " dasan" should be applicable well for both >males and females alike. In my opinion , " Dasan" is used to indicate >submissive attitude of a person , whether male or female. So one should be >proud to call oneself " Dasan" , without attaching any gender to it. Trust >every one will agree. > >Adiyen, Ramanuja dasan- G.Sampath. > >tatachar@xxxxxxx wrote: > > >Dear swAmin(i)s, > >Maybe we can use dAsin for female as parallel to dAsan for male. > >dAsan > >K.S. tAtAchAr > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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