Do Vedas mention beef eating?

Cows in ancient Indian history In the time of the oldest Hindu sacred text, the Rig Veda (c. 1500 B.C.), cow meat was consumed.

Did Vedic Brahmins eat beef?

Historically, all Indian masses, including the Brahmins, used to eat beef, both in what is called the Vedic and the post-Vedic period.

Does Vedas support eating meat?

Manusmriti (Chapter 5 / Verse 30) says, “It is not sinful to eat the meat of eatable animals, for Brahma has created both the eaters and the eatables.” Where the concern of eating beef really belongs is its effect on the human spirit and whether or not eating beef is considered sinful.

Did Aryans eat beef?

There is copious evidence that the Vedic Aryans sacrificed cows and ate beef. In the Vedas there are references to various kinds of sacrifice in which cows were killed and its flesh was eaten. This practise continued in the post-Vedic period, up to the pre-Mauryan period.

Is beef mentioned in Mahabharata?

Mahabharata there is a mention of a king named Rantideva who achieved great fame by distributing foodgrains and beef to Brahmins. Taittiriya Brahman categorically tells us: `Verily the cow is food’ (atho annam via gauh) and Yajnavalkya’s insistence on eating the tender (amsala) flesh of the cow is well known.

Did Arjun eat meat?

Arjuna was a non vegetarian. Arjuna was a Vaishnava an ardent Krishna Bhakta and all Vaishnavas are strict vegetarians. They do not eat tamasic food. Lord Krishna taught Arjuna in Gita that meat is tamasic and should not be eaten and according to Gita Arjuna was Lord Krishna’s disciple, and thus obeyed him naturally.

Does Lord Shiva eat meat?

Shiva’s fondness for meat is further emphasised when Jarasandha, a devotee of Shiva, keeps kings as captives only to kill them and offer their flesh to Shiva. Shiva’s meat-eating habits find a clear voice in the Vedas as well as the Puranas, but his association with wine-drinking seems a later appendage.