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Sacred Animals of India (Paperback)
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Sacred Animals of India draws on the ancient religious traditions
of India - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism - to explore the customs
and practices that engendered the veneration of animals in India.
Animals are worshipped in India as deities, as, for instance, the
elephant-god Ganesha and the monkey-god Hanuman, or as the fish,
tortoise and boar - forms or avatars that Vishnu is believed to
have taken on earth. Some species, such as the swan, bull, lion and
tiger, regarded as vahanas - vehicles of deities - developed
sanctity by association. Others, such as the snake, are worshipped
out of fear. Birds such as the crow are regarded as the abode of
the dead, or the souls of ancestors, while the cow's sanctity may
derive from its economic value. There are also hero-animals, such
as the vanaras, and animals that were totemic symbols of tribes
that were assimilated in Vedic Hinduism. This book also examines
the traditions that gave animals in India protection, and is a
reminder of the role of animal species in the earth's biodiversity.
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