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100 1 _aValpey, Kenneth R.
245 1 0 _aCow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing AG,
_c2019.
264 4 _c�2020.
300 _a1 online resource (289 pages)
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aThe Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
505 0 _aIntro -- Series Editors' Preface -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Terminology and Spelling -- References -- 2 The Release of Cosmic Cows -- The Rigveda-Cows Ranging in Meaning -- The Upanishads-Cows and the Acquisition of Higher Knowledge -- The Mahabharata-Pursuing Dharma with Cows -- The Bhagavata Purana-Cows in the World of Bhakti -- Krishna and His Cows in Vraja -- Vraja Bhakti Poetry-The Buttery Sweet Language of Love -- Compilations-Trails Toward Modern Cow Care -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- 3 Cows in Contested Fields -- Hindus' Modern Concern for Cows -- Dayananda Saraswati: "Cow-Reservoir of Compassion" -- Mahatma Gandhi: "The Law of Our Religion" -- B. R. Ambedkar: Compassion Denied the "Untouchables" -- Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: Cow Care for the World -- Ancient Texts, Modern Controversies -- Nonviolence Preferred in Dharmashastra -- Thinking Aloud in the Sacrifice of War -- Violence, Nonviolence-And Cows in the Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavata Purana -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- 4 Surveying the Cow Care Field -- Cows (Un)Sheltered -- The Economics of Reverence and Care -- Bovine Products as Added Value -- Milk -- Ghee -- Dung and Urine -- Panchagavya -- Male Bovine Care and the Issue of Violence -- Intangible Benefits of Bovine Care and Proximity -- Bovines as Purifying Agents -- Learning Lessons from Cows -- "Keeping Cows, You Keep Your Sanity" -- Go-seva and Bhakti -- Ritual Bovine Veneration: Creating and Affirming Community -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- 5 Cow Care and the Ethics of Care -- Dharma and Animal Ethics -- Dharma as Settled Duty -- Dharma as Deliberation on Right Action -- Dharma as Cultivation of Virtue -- From Dharma to Yoga -- From Yoga to Bhakti.
505 8 _aReverence in the Bhakti Paradigm -- Ethics of Care and Hindu Animal Ethics -- Animal Citizenship, Community, and Bhakti -- Dharma-Based Communitarianism -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- 6 "These Cows Will Not Be Lost": Envisioning a Care-Full Future for Cows -- Anticipatory Communities -- Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir, West Bengal -- New Vraja Dhama, Hungary -- Departing Bovine Souls -- Contested Lives at Bhaktivedanta Manor and Skanda Vale -- Krishna the Ox Breathes His Last in Vrindavan -- When Cow Protection Activism Becomes Counterproductive -- Cow Protection in Three Qualities -- Six Affirmations on the Dharma of Cow Care -- References -- 7 Concluding Ruminations -- Changing Taste -- References -- Index.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aValpey, Kenneth R.
_tCow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics
_dCham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2019
_z9783030284077
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 4 _aThe Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
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