Is it OK for a Brahmin to eat non veg?

“Brahmins do not eat non vegetarianfood” is partially right. Brahmins in the north east,specially the Bengali and Assamese brahmins eat non vegetarian food. There is no restrictions upon foods in hinduism. The Rishis or high level Monks used to eat meat and wine in the old days.

What did the Brahmins eat?

Many Hindus are indeed vegetarian but many, including Brahmins, eat meat. In fact, for the warrior castes, meat was an important part of their diet, vital in building the physical strength needed for battle. It is the belief of one high-ranking caste, the Kayastha, that vegetarianism is for rabbits.

Can a Brahmin eat chicken?

Well, there are certain Brahmin communities who traditionally eat non vegetarian, (and for the worse, chicken – which is traditionally forbidden food among the meats) because of their allegiance to non Vedic religions.

Why did Brahmins stop eating meat?

Unfortunately beef-eating, instead of being treated as a purely secular matter, was made a matter of religion. This happened because the Brahmins made the cow a sacred animal. This made beef-eating a sacrilege.

Is Shivaji Maharaj non-veg?

Maharashtrians, including certain Bramhin communities, thus, are largely non-vegetarians. Even Shivaji, the cultural symbol of the community, or the Peshwas, were not vegetarians.

Did Shiv Ji eat non-veg?

Shiva’s meat eating habits become more defined in the early Puranic literature. For the high tradition, defined by Brahmins, Shiva became a vegetarian god. The sects offering meat to Shiva as a prayer ritual, such as the Kaula Kapalikas and the Kalamukhas, were declared heretical according to the Skanda Purana.

Is onion a non veg?

Many also wondered what it was that Choubey was trying to convey by “vegetarian” since an onion, by all definitions, is a vegetable itself and is heavily used in vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian dishes. Just to be clear, onion is still a vegetable.

Why do Brahmins eat non-vegetarian food?

Some Brahmin scientists I spoke to informed me that they had tried non-vegetarian food when they were in Western universities. Food becomes a way of preserving their cultural and caste memory. Though these scientists continue to be vegetarians, they did not associate their food habits with their caste backgrounds.

Are Brahmins love/marriage material?

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How did upper castes justify vegetarianism?

Instead, they justified vegetarian food habits as scientific. Due to their early entry into the Western education and their knowledge of English, it was the upper castes and Brahmins who benefitted, reshaped and negotiated these new forms of knowledge.

Are Brahmins the natural inheritors of scientific practice?

T he domination of Brahmin and the upper caste scientists have given a Brahmanical identity to science in India. They have been perceived to be the natural inheritors of scientific practice, an assertion reaffirmed by scientists and researchers during my fieldwork in Bangalore, India.