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Re: vegetarism
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: vegetarism
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From: pp002963@interramp.com
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 21:18:34 PDT
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From news@usenet.interramp.com Tue Feb 21 22: 23:41 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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References: <3i2lti$pf9@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
In article <3i2lti$pf9@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, <sharvari@eng.umd.edu> writes:
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: 1) Rishis were not vegetarians. In Hinduism there is no mention
: of vegetarianism being better than non vegetarianism. In fact it was
: Buddha and Mahavir who preached against killing innocent animals and as
: Buddhism and Jainism spread around India, hindus followed Jains and
: became vegetarians. Therefore Gujarat and Rajasthan are the main states
: where vegetarianism is practiced even today because it has the greatest
: number of Jains in India.
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I must disagree!!!
1. Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka have significant number of vegetarians.
2. Jains are vegetarians but vegetarianism did not originate with Mahavir
3. Most rishis were vegetarians.See Manumsmriti 5:15, 5:38 and 5:53 to cite a few.
Cheers.
