Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s17.5

c9.s17.5

We learn from the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra that, when Ariṭṭhanemi was going for his marriage, he saw a herd of cattle which was to be slaughtered in order to feed the marriage party. Ariṭṭhanemi, however, felt disgusted and renounced the world.⁴⁹ We are told of Revai that her servants used to kill two calves every day from the herds that belonged to her ancestral property and bring to her. This shows that flesh-eating was common in early society.⁵⁰