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THE ORIGIN OF METEMPSYCHOSIS
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of the Sudras feel no scruples, it is true, in
animals and eating their flesh, the cow alone ex-
They even include in their ranks butchers and
cepted.
professional hunters, such as the Boyas or Baiders who
inhabit the jungles and mountains and live on the products
But it is also proper to remark that it is
of the chase.
this violation of a respected usage which in a great measure
brings upon them the contempt of the higher castes.
At first the doctrine of