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  2. Cattle in religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu god Krishna is often shown with cows listening to his music. The calf is compared with the dawn, in Hinduism.Here, with a sadhu.. Many ancient and medieval Hindu texts debate the rationale for a voluntary stop to cow slaughter and the pursuit of vegetarianism as a part of a general abstention from violence against others and all killing of animals.

  3. Sacred cow (idiom) - Wikipedia

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    The idiom is based on the popular understanding of the elevated place of cows in Hinduism and appears to have emerged in America in the late 19th century. [2] [3] [4] [5]A literal sacred cow or sacred bull is an actual cow or bull that is treated with sincere respect.

  4. Kamadhenu - Wikipedia

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    Kamadhenu is regarded as a form of Devi (the Hindu Divine Mother) [8] and is closely related to the fertile Mother Earth , who is often described as a cow in Sanskrit. [5] [8] The sacred cow denotes "purity and non-erotic fertility, ... sacrificing and motherly nature, [and] sustenance of human life". [8]

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  6. Animal worship - Wikipedia

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    Typically, however, only during the Cow Holiday, an annual event, is the cow the recipient of such practices. [34] Margul suggests that the sanctity of the cow is based on four foundations: abstaining from cow slaughter, abstaining from beef consumption, control of breeding and ownership, and belief in the purification qualities of cow products ...

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    Timpf's new book, the bestselling You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together, is a full-throated defense of free speech and a compelling ...

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    The holiday season is incomplete for many people without holiday movies. This year, Netflix is streaming a wide range of Christmas classics and original movies.

  9. Food and drink prohibitions - Wikipedia

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    For example, tradition states that the goddess Kamadhenu manifests herself as a wish-granting divine cow, with such stories repeated over generations. [ 19 ] In contrast to cow slaughter, consumption of dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and particularly ghee (a form of butter ) is highly common in India.