In which Pali canonical text does Gautam Buddha stress the need to protect cow  

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  1. Suttanipata 
  2. Pragyaparamita 
  3. Abhiddhampitaka 
  4. Asokavadana 

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Option 1 : Suttanipata 
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The correct answer is Suttanipata.Key PointsSuttanipata 

  • Cow Protection was started in a certain social need in an emerging cultivating society, not as a ritual practice.
  • A cow was a very useful animal in the pre-modern agricultural society, where the modern technology of plough does not exist.
  • After getting involved in cultivation due to royal land grants, Brahmins disapproved of cattle killing.
  • The Sutta Nipāta ('Section of the Suttas') is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
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