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_qPaperback
082 _a294.5 JHA
100 _aJha, D. N.
245 _aThe Myth of the Holy Cow/
_cD. N. Jha
250 _a20th - Anniversary ed.
260 _aNew Delhi
_bNavayana Publishing
_c2024
300 _axii, 207 pages
_c14 cm.
505 _aPreface to the Navayana Edition Abbreviations Note on Transliterations Introduction 1. 'Animals are verily food' but Yajnavalkya Favours Beef 2. The Rejection of Animal Sacrifice: An Assertion of the Sacredness of the Cow? 3. The Later Dharmasastric Tradition and Beyond 4. The Cow in the Kali Age and Memories of Beef Consumption 5. A Paradoxical Sin and the Paradox of the Cow 6. Resume: The Elusive 'Holy Cow' Bibliography Index Appendix: Untouchability, the Dead Cow and the Brahmin
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