Vegetarianism in Hinduism

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On Feb 7,  6:49pm, Vipul wrote:

> Can anyone suggest some good books on Vegetarianism and Hinduism ?

The classic work is by L. Alsdorf, Beitraege zur Geschichte von 
Vegetarianismus und Rinderverehrung in Indien.  Wiesbaden: Steiner,
1962. 69p.

Dominik


> From THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV 08 1993 Feb GMT 09:35:09
Date: 08 Feb 1993 09:35:09 GMT
From: ALLEN W THRASHER <THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV>
Subject: HELP WITH BOOKS

          I would be glad to send  out photocopies of requested articles if 
          they are  of  a length such that  we would usually send them  out 
          free.  Otherwise I will notify the sender or the net and let them 
          order from LOC's Photocuplication Division. 
           
          Allen Thrasher 
          Library of Congress 
          Washington DC 20540-4740 
          202-707-5600 
          fax 202-707-1724 
          thrasher at mail.loc.gov.                                            


> From THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV 08 1993 Feb GMT 09:42:09
Date: 08 Feb 1993 09:42:09 GMT
From: ALLEN W THRASHER <THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV>
Subject: MAGIC SQUARES

          Is  there anyone out there interested in  magic squares in India? 
          I  have collected a large number of sources in  print and  MS  in 
          Sanskrit, Prakrit,  and vernaculars.  The  late  Schuyler Cammaan 
          published two articles and  also  did further researches he never 
          published.  I  discovered from  an  ephemera bibliography of  Dr. 
          Mahdihassan of  the  Hamdard Institute in  Karachi  that  he  has 
          published a  number of articles on  the subject.  "Magic squares" 
          means  not  just  any  yantra  or talisman but  square arrays  of 
          numbers such that any column, row,  or diagonal yields a constant 
          sum.  There are  also  other "magic" figures such  a hegagonal or 
          star  shaped arrays.   By extension other numerical yantras  fall 
          into the same area  of folkloristic investigation.  My impression 
          is that in  the Indian context the Jains have done the  most work 
          with   them  mathematically.   Several  major  Jain   hymns   are 
          associated with  magic squares and  I  have  noted  that  in  the 
          printed books and magical MSS  from  Jains  the numbers work  out 
          right far more often than in the Hindu ones.  Of course, both the 
          magical and  the mathematical aspects of  these things have  been 
          intensively cultivated in the Islamic world. 
           
          Allen Thrasher 
          thrasher at mail.loc.gov                                             


> From THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV 08 1993 Feb GMT 09:43:09
Date: 08 Feb 1993 09:43:09 GMT
From: ALLEN W THRASHER <THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV>
Subject: CODES IN INDIA

          Has  anyone  done   any  investigations  of  codes,  cyphers,  or 
          cryptographic  scipts   or   other  cryptographic  phenomena   in 
          traditional India? 
           
          Allen Thrasher 
          thrasher at mail.loc.gov                                             


> From THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV 08 1993 Feb GMT 10:24:10
Date: 08 Feb 1993 10:24:10 GMT
From: ALLEN W THRASHER <THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV>
Subject: HELP ON BOOKS

          Dear Harry and networkers, 
           
            The I have found the article Dr. Falk requests (Buddha Prakash, 
          "On  Panini's sutra  v,3,99: jivikarthe capanye")  in   v.  3  of 
          Samskrti :  Da. Aditya Natha  Jha abhinandana-grantha, Dilli: Da. 
          Adityanatha   Jha  Abhinandana-grantha  Samyojana-samiti,   1969, 
          Library of Congress call  no. DS481  .J45  S25 (Orien Sans), card 
          no. 77-906416, and am sending him a photocopy. 
           
          Allen Thrasher 
          Southern Asia Section 
          Library of Congress                                               


> From THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV 08 1993 Feb GMT 10:31:10
Date: 08 Feb 1993 10:31:10 GMT
From: ALLEN W THRASHER <THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV>
Subject: DC SANSKRIT READING GROUP

          Is there anyone in  the Washington, DC area interested in getting 
          together with Ken Langer and me for  a weekly or biweekly reading 
          group in Sanskrit? 
           
          Allen Thrasher 
          thrasher at mail.loc.gov