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The use of non-vegetarian food is found from ancient times. In the pre-Vedic period people were found to use meat, flesh. and non-vegetarian food occasionally in the purpose of certain sacrifice. The 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 describes about the non-vegetarian food in different way. In the 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 ceremony, offerings of flesh of different animals satisfy the manes for a particular period of time.^[1] At the time of worshipping 顿别惫墨, offerings of animals is also described in the 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺.^[2] These types of religious acts show the use of animal鈥檚 meat. In this 辫耻谤腻峁嘺 it is noticed that eating of non-vegetarian food was permitted under certain situations. For example, the left were food, offered to the pitrs and gods at the 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 dinner, can be eaten after satisfying them. The animal which had been killed for his meat for the utilization as medicine can be eaten by many.^[3]

The 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 also mentions about edible and non-edible meat. For example, [the following are recommended as edible]:

1. meat of 驳辞诲丑腻 or go-samp, a very large kind of lizard found in jungle^[4],
2. 艣惫腻惫颈迟, the porcupine and
3. 办丑补岣峠补, the rhinoceros.

The flesh of 驳谤腻尘补-蝉奴办补谤补 i.e. domestic pig and kukkuta i.e. fowl are prohibited food.^[5] In the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, it is mentioned that the eating of meat was the fashion of the rich people.^[6]

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

Ibid., 29.21

[2]:

Ibid., 89.20

[3]:

pit峁沝ev膩di艣e峁�a峁� ca sr膩ddhe br膩hma峁嘺k膩myay膩 //
prok峁�itam sau峁�adh膩rtha峁� ca kh膩danm膩峁僺a峁� na du峁�yati / Ibid., 32.3 b-4 a

[4]:

F.E.Pargiter, M膩rka峁囜笉eya Pur膩峁嘺, p.181

[5]:

惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 32.2,3

[6]:

膩岣峢y膩n膩峁� m膩峁僺aparama峁�...../ 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, Udyogaparva, 34.47