Q: mArjArahatyA
Poornima
poornima at w-o-i.com
Wed Sep 10 17:45:16 UTC 1997
More information on the cat issue:
I am a Hindu, and throughout my childhood I was told that if one killed a cat, one would have to go to the holy site of Kashi (Benares), where one could repent for the sin by bathing in the Ganges. It is to be noted that a similar form of atonement exists for the killing of a Brahmin.
Poornima
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From: S Krishna[SMTP:mahadevasiva at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 4:32 AM
To: Members of the list
Subject: Re: Q: mArjArahatyA
David Israel writes:
>Further regarding the "sin of killing a cat" issue, the following
>snippiets happened to appear yesterday on the Sasialit listserv --
>suggesting that perhaps the utterances of the Pandit in the Hindi
>tale weren't wholly made out of whole cloth (so to say)?
>
>d.i.
>B [a certain Bapa Rao] says:
>
>> p.s. about the cats, I based my statement on my upbringing, which
>> held that it was a special sin to kill cats, as opposed to the
>> generic sin incurred by killing anything. No one around me
>> particularly liked cats, it was just held sinful to kill one. Don't
>> know much more about it, I'm afraid.
David!
Could you please ask this gentleman as to whether this is some kind of
a family belief or is it some belief in the area where he come from? I
know there are families where it is wrong to kill snakes, the story is
that the snake curses the family causing its children to have
a funny skin coloration- I remember reading about a family in
Maharashtra which had this tale to tell....I don't think there is
anything generic religious belief about this.....
Looking forward to your reply,
Krishna
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