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Use this question to ask about the role and references of animals in Hinduism.

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives.

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How can I stop feeling guilty that I’ve taken the lives of so many insects in my life unintentionally

Recently I’ve been come to realize that over the course of my life, I’ve probably taken the lives of so many insects unintentionally or even intentionally. It’s come to the point that I feel guilty going for a walk, going for a run or even for a…
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Why does every God has a symbolic animal or bird?

Is it for protecting the animal or the bird? Or is it because the God likes a particular animal or bird?
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Were mermaids in hinduism?

This question was taunting me since I watched Animal Planet's revelation on Mermaids wikipedia about mermaids I wonder that as we have a great culture and mythology, this fact should be included in that. Animal planets mermaid video.
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What does Hinduism say about fishing and hunting?

I am wondering, what does Hinduism say about sports fishing ?
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Are buffaloes sacred?

They don't seem to be since India exports buffalo-meat. But Mahisa has many positive connotations: 'f. a buffalo-cow, (grāmya-mahiṣī, a tame buffalo-cow); ‘powerfull woman,’ any woman of high rank, especially the first or properly conse- crated…
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