Preface to the Navayana Edition
Abbreviations
Note on Transliterations
Introduction
1. 'Animals are verily food' but Yajnavalkya Favours Beef
2. The Rejection of Animal Sacrifice: An Assertion of the Sacredness of the Cow?
3. The Later Dharmasastric Tradition and Beyond
4. The Cow in the Kali Age and Memories of Beef Consumption
5. A Paradoxical Sin and the Paradox of the Cow
6. Resume: The Elusive 'Holy Cow'
Bibliography
Index
Appendix: Untouchability, the Dead Cow and the Brahmin