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The Women
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Kavundi lives as a sannyasi, having
renounced the world in her devotion to Lakshmi. Still young,
she sought out and was accepted by Madhva, an Acharya who was teaching
what he called Tattvavāda, where he sought to combine the Vedas with the
emergence of Bhakti. She found it hard to be the only women
amongst his students, especially since Madhva insisted that all his
students become proficient wrestlers as well as well versed in the
Vedas. However, as he echoed Krshna's teachings that all who
sought to follow could achieve the ultimate.
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