Journal of Arid Land Studies
Online ISSN : 2189-1761
Print ISSN : 0917-6985
ISSN-L : 0917-6985
Special Reports: Commission of Arid Land Nature and Culture Studies (Material/Report of Special Report)
Deification of Cattle and Use of Its Dung in Hinduism
Manabu KOISO
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Keywords: Cow dung, Deification, Festivals, Calendar, Fertility worship
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2015 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 43-51

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Abstract
Deification of cattle of Hinduism is the product of gradual development of such notion over the last several millennia. Milk and its products, dung and urine are all considered to have strong power of purification and bring fertility. In particular, dung is used for making divine images to be worshipped and for burning sacred fire in festivals and rituals. This is an attempt to compile data on the use of dung. Any preceding case studies are scarce, hoping that the present paper would be the first attempt of its kind.
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