Questions tagged [cows]

Farmers sometimes castrate some bulls so that they aren't aggressive and that they don't reproduce. Are there any Hindu scriptures that discuss this practice, like if it's sinful or not?

Scriptures seem to indicate all cows irrespective of their species to be sacred but I have heard about some traditionalists' claims that only Indian cows are sacred. Is there any scriptural support of their claims? Although it appears in Vaiśeṣika…

The indicine line of cattle were domesticated approximately 10,500 years ago, far later than mesolithic religions, that may have left it's traces in Hinduism.

I've read that Hinduism respects cows since they are considered to have holy Gods. I was curious to know if Hindus also worship cows in some way? I'm really ignorant in this theme, so I'd like to understand exactly the relation (regarding worship)…