<P> Some of the south Indian Brahmins during the sutra period, like those of North India were meat eaters . Kapilar (Puṟanāṉūṟu, poems 113,119), a poet in ancient Tamil Country, says: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td>... My hands have become soft because they do know of no harder work than eating rice and meat boiled with tamarind . The sweet smell of its smoke might counteract the smell of the pieces of meat . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td>... My hands have become soft because they do know of no harder work than eating rice and meat boiled with tamarind . The sweet smell of its smoke might counteract the smell of the pieces of meat . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> Starting from the last few centuries B.C., Buddhism and Jainism contributed much to the belief that nonviolence is supremely valued which stimulated growing hostility to the slaughter of live animals . </P>

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