11-03-2006, 03:47 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I'm studing Indian Culture (just started) and my teacher says that any Jati must be vegetarian and instead members of other Jati can eat meat, is that rigth?
It depends just from Jatis or it also depends from other causes?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well certain jatis or groups like Tamil Brahmins (or other Brahmins) are predominantly vegetarian, of course there are Tamil Brahmins who eat meat and some commie types even eat beef to show their secularism but as a jati they are mainly vegetarian, I think scriptures prohibit meat for Brahmins which is why they don't eat it.
But most Hindus are not vegetarian, my own jati the Kamma's are probably meat eaters in the collective sense but there are exceptions like me who don't eat meat.
So yes even diet varies for the different jatis, some jatis are predominantly vegetarian while many others are not.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->And Giainists are part of this Jati system having a particular Giainist-Jati or are they casteless or what?
Thanks!!!! <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You mean Jains?
Jains if you consider them as a separate religion again have jatis and they share these jatis with their Hindu counterparts.
There are Jain Agarwals and Hindu Agarwal's (and they intermarry) and there Jain Oswals and Hindu Oswals (and they intermarry).
Among Sikhs there are Khatris (many of whom would rather intermarry with Hindu Khatris than with Sikh Jats).
So jati is to be found in the so called minority groups in India and it serves as a link between the minority faiths native to the land (Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists) and Hindus on the otherhand.
Even Muslims and Christians have jatis.
But the difference is that while a Hindu Jat would probably be willing to marry a Sikh Jat he/she would rarely marry a Muslim Jat (found mainly in Pakistan now) or a Christian Jat.
Also some jatis like Rajputs deny their jati status once you have converted, so the Hindu Rajputs (who make up the overwhelming majority of Rajputs) do not accept Muslim Rajputs as true Rajputs since they converted, but the Muslim Rajputs continue to claim Rajput status even though they are rejected.
It depends just from Jatis or it also depends from other causes?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well certain jatis or groups like Tamil Brahmins (or other Brahmins) are predominantly vegetarian, of course there are Tamil Brahmins who eat meat and some commie types even eat beef to show their secularism but as a jati they are mainly vegetarian, I think scriptures prohibit meat for Brahmins which is why they don't eat it.
But most Hindus are not vegetarian, my own jati the Kamma's are probably meat eaters in the collective sense but there are exceptions like me who don't eat meat.
So yes even diet varies for the different jatis, some jatis are predominantly vegetarian while many others are not.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->And Giainists are part of this Jati system having a particular Giainist-Jati or are they casteless or what?
Thanks!!!! <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You mean Jains?
Jains if you consider them as a separate religion again have jatis and they share these jatis with their Hindu counterparts.
There are Jain Agarwals and Hindu Agarwal's (and they intermarry) and there Jain Oswals and Hindu Oswals (and they intermarry).
Among Sikhs there are Khatris (many of whom would rather intermarry with Hindu Khatris than with Sikh Jats).
So jati is to be found in the so called minority groups in India and it serves as a link between the minority faiths native to the land (Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists) and Hindus on the otherhand.
Even Muslims and Christians have jatis.
But the difference is that while a Hindu Jat would probably be willing to marry a Sikh Jat he/she would rarely marry a Muslim Jat (found mainly in Pakistan now) or a Christian Jat.
Also some jatis like Rajputs deny their jati status once you have converted, so the Hindu Rajputs (who make up the overwhelming majority of Rajputs) do not accept Muslim Rajputs as true Rajputs since they converted, but the Muslim Rajputs continue to claim Rajput status even though they are rejected.