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The Myth of the Holy Cow

The Myth of the Holy Cow

by Dwijendra Narayah Jha (Author)

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    Hardcover 2002

    $30.92
Synopsis

In India there is a growing pressure to declare the cow as a sacred, national animal and ban its slaughter. This work is a response to this and challenges obscurantist views on the sanctity of the cow in Hindu tradition and culture.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 184
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 09 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 1859846769
ISBN 13: 9781859846766

Media Reviews
A meticulously researched, strongly worded, persuasively articulated challenge to long-held religious beliefs, The Myth of The Holy Cow is a unique and iconoclastic contribution to the study of Hindu beliefs, practices, history and customs. -- Wisconsin Bookwatch

A well-argued and soundly documented study ... -- Choice

Jha draws on an amazingly wide range of material ... an enlightening endeavour, demonstrating a critical understanding of a popular misconception. -- Journal of Asian Studies

The pen might still be, if not mightier than the nuclear arsenal, at least a weapon worth scanning for, like knives at airports, a weapon capable of subversion. -- Times Literary Supplement

This book may not please Hindu fundamentalists, but its research is impeccable. -- The Telegraph, Calcutta, India

While cow veneration and vegetarianism may be the hallmarks of Hinduism today, Mr. Jha compiles copious evidence that this has hardly always been the case. -- New York Times
Author Bio
Dwijendra Narayan Jha is Professor of History at the University of Delhi. His books include Ancient India in Historical Outline and Feudal Social Formation in Early India.