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Do any texts explicitly forbid Hindus from eating beef?
I have been told many a times that I shouldn't eat beef because I am a Hindu by religion. Even though I have never worshiped a cow in my life or interacted with any on more than exotic basis, I find ...
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Is "cow" a concept or does it refer to just one species of milk-producing bovine animals?
3. The murderer of a Brāhmaṇ becomes consumptive, the killer of a cow becomes hump-backed and imbecile, the murderer of a virgin becomes leprous,--all three born as outcastes.
The Garuda Purana, ...
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Why is food smelt by a cow impure when cow's dung and urine is used for purification rites?
Manu-smṛti 5.123:
पक्षिजग्धं गवा घ्रातमवधूतमवक्षुतम् ।
दूषितं केशकीटैश्च मृत्प्रक्षेपेण शुध्यति ॥ १२३ ॥
pakṣijagdhaṃ gavā ghrātamavadhūtamavakṣutam |
dūṣitaṃ keśakīṭaiśca ...
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