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Sacred Cow, Holy Bull
The word cattle comes from the Latin word “capital”. It means wealth or property. At one time, capital meant all types of domestic animals. Through English and French usage it has come to refer specifically to bovines. A bovine is an animal whose stomach is divided into c ....
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.... the “Code of Manusmriti”. The law did not specifically order the Indian people not to eat the cow, but it stated that they would be better off not to. After this law, the Indian people took a different attitude about the cow. Shortly after that a new law was made that made it a crime to steal, hurt or kill a cow. Even if the cow was ill, a person would be punished by the government for any such actions (“Cows” 1).
These days the Hindu religion has continued their devotion to the cow. They are still protected by the citizens and most Hindus still refuse to kill ....
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