BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF VEGETARIANISM AND COW-VENERATION IN INDIA; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; INDEX LOCORUM; Appendix I: REVIEWS; Appendix II: THE ORIGIN OF AHIMSA; Appendix III: AHIMSA AND REBIRTH; WORKS CITED AND THEIR ABRREVIATIONS; Appendix IV: PROHIBITION OF FLESHEATING IN JAINISM
Summary
An English translation of the study by Ludwig Alsdorf. It focuses on two of the most pertinent issues in Indic religion - the history of vegetarianism and cow-veneration
