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Re: Any validation for vegetarianism in Hinduism
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Any validation for vegetarianism in Hinduism
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From: susarla@owlnet.rice.edu (H. Krishna Susarla)
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 09:17:04 -0500
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From susarla@owlnet.rice.edu Fri Jun 16 10: 05:39 1995
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> On 12 Jun 1995, Hari Krishna Susarla wrote:
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> > No. First you need to back up that claim. Please show me an authorized
> > translation of the Ramayanam (i.e. - one that came to us through either the
> > Madhva, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, or Vishnuswami sampradayas) that says that Lord
> > Rama took fish. Then I will consider this point.
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> Why is it that only the Vaisnava sampradayas are the authorities on the
> translations of the Ramayana?
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> Anshuman Pandey
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In the Padma Purana, four sampradayas are named who will be authorized to
pass down the knowledge of scripture. These are the Brahma, Sri, Rudra,
and Kumara samparadayas. No other sampradaya is mentioned as authorized.
I will try to post that verse here at some point, assuming I have not
done so already.
-- HKS
