Sapi dalam agama

Ada usul agar Sapi dalam agama diganti judulnya dan dipindahkan ke Sapi dalam agama dan mitologi (Diskusikan).

Sapi dianggap keramat dalam beberapa agama dan mitologi di dunia seperti Hindu, Jain, Zoroastrian dan lain-lain. Beberapa agama awal di Mesir Kuno, Yunani Kuno, Israel Kuno dan Romawi Kuno juga memiliki kepercayaan yang sama.

Referensi

Achaya, K. T. (2002), A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-565868-X .
K. D. Sethna, The Problem of Aryan Origins 1980, 1992; ISBN 81-85179-67-0
Shaffer, Jim G. (1995). Cultural tradition and Palaeoethnicity in South Asian Archaeology. In: Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia. Ed. George Erdosy. ISBN 3-11-014447-6
Shaffer, Jim G. (1999). Migration, Philology and South Asian Archaeology. In: Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia. Ed. Bronkhorst and Deshpande. ISBN 1-888789-04-2.

Pranala luar

Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Sacred cows.

Sacredness of native Cow breeds of India Diarsipkan 2012-03-09 di Wayback Machine.
Photo essay examining the changing place of the Holy Cow in India Diarsipkan 2011-05-05 di Wayback Machine.
Cows in Hinduism
Sacredness of cow in Rigveda and the words of Gandhi Diarsipkan 2009-03-22 di Wayback Machine., from Hinduism Today
Gau-Mata and her secret meanings Diarsipkan 2014-08-15 di Wayback Machine.
Why Hindus Consider Cow as Sacred Mother Diarsipkan 2021-06-22 di Wayback Machine.
Milk in a vegetarian diet, from Sanatan Society, a Hindu association
Sacred No Longer: The suffering of cattle for the Indian leather trade Diarsipkan 2004-10-13 di Wayback Machine., from Advocates for Animals
Rise In Animal Slaughter in India Diarsipkan 2010-11-25 di Wayback Machine., by Tony Mathews
"Pamela Anderson Lee Exposes Animal Cruelty in the International Leather Trade", from PETA
Deonar Abattoir: Report on the Failure of Government and of Management to Meet Humane, Hygiene, Religious, and Legal Standards for Slaughter and Animal Handling Diarsipkan 2008-12-05 di Wayback Machine., from PETA
People for Animals, an Indian animal rights organisation
India cow report Diarsipkan 2016-02-05 di Wayback Machine., by Balabhadra das, ISCOWP
Hinduism: Why do Hindus regard the cow as sacred?
Jainism & Status of Cows in India:- By Mr. Anil Kumar Jain Diarsipkan 2013-12-24 di Wayback Machine.