Fw: [Y-Indology] Was Aurengazeb vegetarian?

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mmtarun

INDOLOGY

Sunday, March 02, 2003 6:15 AM

Re: [Y-Indology] Was Aurengazeb vegetarian?

 

 

No ,sorry , this may not be a proper approach to the evaluation of character of

Rama, the hero of Valmiki's Ramayana and one of the other major poet of Hindi

Tulsidas 's Ramcharitmanas.

Encounter of Rama with Rakshsas or Asuras was not any unnecessary product of

racial conflict. He killed these rakshsas who use to disturb his guru

Vishwamitra during his regular performance of religious rituals as a way of

life.Finally he had great war with Ravana ,who abducted his wife sita.

 

there is difference in characterization of Rama by Valmiki and Tulsidas.Rama of

Valmiki is made of bone and flesh.His reactions to the problems is realistic in

nature.At times he hesitates in killing women rakshsas for sheer their being

women only but equally notorious as their male counterparts.but time to time

Sita encourages her to kill women rakshasas also if they are equally troubling.

Valmiki's Rama is non vegetarian. While leaving for jungle he says to his mother

Kausalya that he will not be able to eat fried mutton of deer there.

Where as Rama of Tusidas ,Characterized in Ramcharit manas ,one of the greatest

Hindi epic of medieval period, written in Avadhi dialect of Hindi, as a great

moralist.he is purely and strictly vegetarian , does not look at any women

other than his wife Sita ,. all women of the world other than her are like his

sister and mother.he is a trend settler. He is symbol of great values.Tulsi's

Rama is incarnation of Vishnu.

He does not kill any body for the shake of killing.If at all he kills any by

virtue of his being a powerful king, he kills only for some major reasons.

Rama was not Aurengazeb by any means.

with thanks.

 

MadanMohan Tarun

Phillip Ernest

INDOLOGY

Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:29 PM

Re: [Y-Indology] Was Aurengazeb vegetarian?

 

 

 

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"V.V. Raman" <vvrsps

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Saturday, March 01, 2003 6:55 AM

Re: [Y-Indology] Was Aurengazeb vegetarian?

 

 

and it has been said that as per Valmiki,Rama wasn't.

 

The contrast of raama with Aurengazeb and Hitler is not quite perfect in

this case, is it. After all, raama was evidently no more averse than either

of these fellows to killing things with eyes, or to killing them on the

basis of their racial and cultural affiliation (if the raakSasas were a

race, and had a culture- and they seem to have had quite a high one). Yet

it is true that there is no reason to think that raama, even if he 'heated'

or 'burned' his foes, was not careful about what he put in his mouth, and

certainly he was no cannibal- or would the raakSasas have been admitted by

manu as legitimately comestible subhuman fare? Somehow bhiima, cannibal

though he was, has always seemed to me a much more amiable and charming

character than raama, which may go to show that the effect of dietary

practices on personality may not always be very deep.

 

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