Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.998

v1.c3.s11.998

Kravya, ‘raw flesh,’ is never mentioned in Vedic literature as eaten by men. Demons alone are spoken of as consuming it,¹ apart from Agni being called kravyād, ‘eating raw flesh,’ as consumer of the bodies of the dead.² The man who in the Rigveda is compelled by starvation to eat dog’s flesh, nevertheless cooks it.³