chaturdasha hi varShANi vatsyAmi vijane vane
madhu mUla phalaiH jIvan hitvA munivad AmiSham
(vAlmIki rAmAyana, ayodhyA kANDa:2-20-29)
(Says rAma to his mother while bidding a farewell, before departing for the exile
For fourteen years, I shall live in a lonely forest, quitting meat like a sage and living by (only eating) roots, fruits and honey.
above shows that a) rAma, a kshatriya, must have been a non-vegetarian, and b) prohibition to eat meat for sannyAsI-s.
madhu mUla phalaiH jIvan hitvA munivad AmiSham
(vAlmIki rAmAyana, ayodhyA kANDa:2-20-29)
(Says rAma to his mother while bidding a farewell, before departing for the exile
For fourteen years, I shall live in a lonely forest, quitting meat like a sage and living by (only eating) roots, fruits and honey.
above shows that a) rAma, a kshatriya, must have been a non-vegetarian, and b) prohibition to eat meat for sannyAsI-s.