Overview of The Myth Of The Holy Cow Book

In this book, historian Dwijendra Narayan Jha argues that the holiness of the cow is a myth and its flesh played an important part in the cuisine of ancient India. Citing Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina religious scriptures, he underlines the fact that beef-eating was not Islam s baneful bequeathal to India. Nor can abstention from it be a mark of Hindu identity, notwithstanding the averments of Hindutva forces who have tried to foster the false consciousness of the otherness on the followers of Islam.This new Navayana edition features an excerpt from Dr B.R. Ambedkar s 1948 work on the connections between untouchability and beef-eating. Ambedkar marshals evidence to argue that in the Vedic period, for the Brahmin every day was a beef-steak day. While cow veneration and vegetarianism may be the hallmarks of Hinduism today, Jha compiles copious evidence that this has hardly always been the case. New York Times Jha traces the history of the doctrine forbidding the eating of cows soundly and thoroughly covering both the classic texts and cutting-edge scholarship, Indian and European. TLS This little gem of a book provides a wealth of evidence exposing myth creation and the way symbols are used politically to divide people. Socialist Review

• Book Type :

Myths, Legends & Sagas

Book Binding :

Paperback

Language :

English

Number of Pages :

207 pages

ISBN - 10 :

8189059165

The Myth Of The Holy Cow Published On :

2009

Resource:

Literature & Fiction, Myths, Legends & Sagas Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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