[Advaita-l] An instance of malicious interpretation of the Atharvaśirā upaniṣad

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

Dear friends,

The statement "They say animal sacrifices are  not actual animals but only Pashus made
 of  vegetarian grains"  may not be (I repeat <may not be>) without some valid points. 

It is believed that the sacrificed pashus (obviously the non-vegetarian pashus) will take revenge on the sacrificer by eating the flesh of the latter (sacrificer), in the next birth and Manu also seems to have indicated this. This can possibly be obviated if the sacrificed pashu itself is a non-carnivorous animal or if vegetables like Kushmanda are sacrificed as Bali. The flesh eaters among the Hindus, eat the meat of the non-carnivorous animals. It is also believed that eating meat of non-vegetarian pashus (i.e., carnivorous animals) will make the mare aggressive and brutal. However, Vishwamitra is said to have taken dog's meat to save his life,  when there was a famine, but I do not recollect the reference at this time 

As regards Soma, I understand that only a small quantity is taken by the priest, that too after diluiting that with milk. As regards the Sura the finger is dipped and sucked, which ensures that only an insignificant amount is consumed. I am open to correction. 

Regards,
Sunil KB




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On Mon, 1/16/17, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l]	An instance of malicious interpretation of the Atharvaśirā upaniṣad
 To: "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Cc: "Advaitin" <advaitin at yahoogroups.com>
 Date: Monday, January 16, 2017, 6:50 AM
 
 Namaste
 
 Bad logic of Dvaitis.
 
 They say animal sacrifices are
 not actual animals but only Pashus made
 of
 vegetarian grains. No non veg.
 
 But they say in Sautramani Yaaga liquor can be
 consumed but against
 Dharma Sastra.
 
 
 
 On
 Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 3:43 PM, V Subrahmanian via
 Advaita-l
 <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 wrote:
 > *An instance of  malicious
 interpretation of the Atharvaśirā upaniṣad*
 >
 > A short article on
 the above topic is available here for download:
 >
 > http://www.mediafire.com/file/l6som2xfpbcjj4t/Wrong_explanation_of_the_Atharvashir%C4%81F.pdf
 >
 > regards
 > subrahmanian.v
 >
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 Regards
 
 -Venkatesh
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