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Originally Posted by Still_Waters
Has there ever been a female Shankaracharya at the head of any of the four monastic peethas of India?
If not, has this ever been considered as a possibility or is that not even possible ?
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Not that I'm aware of. In traditional monastic organisations, the genders are separated. So the same organisation could have two separate monasteries, one for each gender, as many Buddhist sects do, and they would work more or less independently of each other.
It's just the wisdom of tradition, not like yoga ashrams.