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Download Solution PDFIn which Pali canonical text does Gautam Buddha stress the need to protect cow
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Download Solution PDFThe 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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