A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.60

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74 See Cakra's remarks on the preparation of gruels. See Cakra on the meaning of yamaka, i.e., ghee and oil (2.31). One of the gruels is prepared with beef broth (gavyamāṃsarasā). See on beef-eating in India: K. Karttunen (1989): 115. Cf. Su.Śā.3.25. The sanctity of the cow and the duty to venerate it is a frequent theme in the Carakasaṃhitā, in spite of the prescriptions employing beef as an ingredient. See on the sanctity of the cow in India: L. Alsdorf (1962); J.W. Bennett (1967); W. Norman Brown (1965), (1966), (1967); A. Heston (1971); H. Jacobi (1911a); T. Margul (1968); V.M. Dandekar (1969); R.P. Goldman (1978): 340; A. de Gubernatis (1872): I, 1–90; M. Harris (1965), (1966), (1967); A. Heston (1971); H. Jacobi (1911a); T. Margul (1968); M.A. Muusses (1920); W.D. O'Flaherty (1980): 241–252; K.N. Raj (1969); V.R. Ramachandra Dikshitar (1939); F.J. Simoons (1967): 45–50, 61–63, (1980b); L.L. Sundara Ram (1926–27).