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the vedic period of early hinduism (ca. b.c.e. - ca. b.c.e.), ritual animal sacrifice and the subsequent eating of the meat was a predominant custom, and the principle of nonviolence was little known nor respected. [ ] the sanskrit term goghna (cow killer) was used as a synonym for "guest," because
brahmana states: "now, when he performs the animal offering, he thereby redeems himself ... and this, indeed, to wit, flesh, is the best kind of food: he thus becomes an eater of the best kind of food. let not a year pass by for him without his offering." [ ] however, the sources only refer to the customs...
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