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Has the killing of a cow been categorised as a mahapataka in any text or versions thereof?
In a particular text (not able to remember) there was a line which said that :A Brahmin, a woman and a cow must never be slain.
This statement is in line with the pancha mahapataka among which, is the ...
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Is there any scriptural opposition to humane animal slaughter?
Note that I'm not talking about general ethics - I mean only from a religious scriptural perspective.
To give you full context on why I have this question:
Because cow slaughter is banned in many ...
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Is eating bovine gelatin a crime in Hinduism?
Many pharmaceutical medicine have bovine gelatin as an ingredient.
Bovine Gelatin is a protein product produced by partial hydrolysis of
collagen, a protein material, extracted from animal tissue ...
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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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Is the practice of killing a cow for a guest (गोघ्न | goghna) still followed?
The footnotes of this translation of Āpastaṃba Dharmasūtra says:
Manu III, 119 and 120; Yājñ. I, 110;: Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 125. A guest is also called goghna, 'cow-killer,' because formerly a cow ...
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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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What is the Apasthambha sutra? And is eating cow meat considered holy according to it?
According to this comment on a nice Quora answer, the Apasthambha sutra considers eating cow meat as a holy ritual. Does this particular scripture really sanction the consumption of beef?
This is not ...
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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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