[INDOLOGY] garlic and onion query

[Howard Resnick]

My sincere thanks to you, Dean, and Walter for these references. Antonia and David also kindly helped me offlist.

All the best,
Howard

> On Dec 27, 2015, at 12:44 AM, asko.parpola at helsinki.fi wrote:
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> See P.V. Kane, History of Dharmasastra II.2, Poona 1941,
> pp. 783-4 on prohibitions of eating onion & garlic.
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> With season's greetings, Asko
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> Quoting Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu>:
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>> Seasons greetings!
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>> Many Asian spiritual traditions prohibit the eating of onion and garlic. Where does that rule come from? Shastra-based?
>> 
>> All help appreciated.
>> 
>> Howard
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