Holy cow
Subtitle: beef in Indian dietary traditions
By: D.N. Jha.
Publisher: Matrix Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng; san
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Cows -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Beef -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Cows -- India.; Hinduism -- Doctrines.
Notes: Includes passages in Sanskrit (Sanskrit in roman).
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-172) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. 'Animals are verily food' but Yajhavalkya Favours Beef; title: 2. The Rejection of Animal Sacrifice: An Assertion of the Sacredness of the Cow?; title: 3. The Later Dharmasastric Tradition and Beyond; title: 4. The Cow in the Kali Age and Memories of Beef Consumption; title: 5. A Paradoxical Sin and the Paradox of the Cow; title: 6. Resume: The Elusive 'Holy Cow'.