01210cam a2200265 a 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015008004100032015001500073020003400088035001100122040003600133043001200169082001500181100004400196245004300240260003000283300002600313500007900339504006600418505034900484610002800833650004100861651004200902230590BD-DhUL20170521091019.0020424s2002    enk      b    001 0 eng    aGBA2-Z2727  a1859846769qhardbackcL.16.00  a230590  aUKMbengcBD-DhULdNjPdBD-DhUL  aa-ii---  a294.5bJHM1 aJha, D. N.q(Dwijendra Narayan),d1940-14aThe myth of the holy cow /cD. N. Jha.  aNew York :bVerso,c2002.  axii, 183 p. ;c23 cm.  aPreviously published as: Holy Cow.  New Delhi, India : Matrix Books, 2001.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [149]-172) and index.0 a1. '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'.20aBharatiya Janata Party. 0aCattlexReligious aspectszHinduism. 0aIndiaxPolitics and governmenty1977-