11-17-2006, 09:33 AM
Almost as soon as I made my previous post, I regretted it, because I knew it would be liable to be misconstrued.
The point of my previous post was that, the reason for avoiding onions would have to be something else - not its purported sexual effect, since Hindus, as a matter of course, are not required to be celibate except in the first and last ashramas. I may be wrong on this, though.
I do remember reading somewhere (perhaps in one of the dharmashastras) that foods with a bad smell are to be avoided. Onion or garlic were not mentioned. Yet, I assumed that this could be the reason.
The point of my previous post was that, the reason for avoiding onions would have to be something else - not its purported sexual effect, since Hindus, as a matter of course, are not required to be celibate except in the first and last ashramas. I may be wrong on this, though.
I do remember reading somewhere (perhaps in one of the dharmashastras) that foods with a bad smell are to be avoided. Onion or garlic were not mentioned. Yet, I assumed that this could be the reason.