BEEF EATING IN ANCIENT INDIA

BEEF EATING IN ANCIENT INDIA

BEEF EATING IN ANCIENT INDIA. Let's know what Swami Vivekananda said about beef eating among Hindus in India. 

Vivekananda, regarded as a philosopher of Hindutva by the RSS, said:

‘You will be astonished if I tell you that, according to old ceremonials, he is not a good Hindu who does not eat beef. On certain occasions, he must sacrifice a bull and eat it.’

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This is corroborated by other research works sponsored by the Ramakrishna Mission established by Vivekananda.

‘The Vedic Aryans, including the Brahmanas, ate fish, meat and even beef. A distinguished guest was honoured with beef served at a meal. Although the Vedic Aryans ate beef, milch cows were not killed. One of the words that designated cow was aghnya (what shall not be killed). But a guest was a goghna (one for whom a cow is killed). It is only bulls, barren cows and calves that were killed.’

C. Kunhan Raja, ‘Vedic Culture’, cited in the series, Suniti Kumar Chatterji and others (eds.), The Cultural Heritage of India, Vol 1 (Calcutta: The Ramakrishna Mission, 1993), p. 217>.

Shamsul Islam