Why is the buffalo so sacred in Hinduism?

Answer 1

The buffalo meant a lot of different things to most of America's Native People's. They were food and clothing, tools and utensils, and most of all a Spirit Being blessing the peoples with everything they needed to survive. In this essay we will discuss why the buffalo was known as the sacred life giver to the Indians

Over time the Indians developed hunting techniques to hunt buffaloes. One of the techniques was to set fire to around the area of the buffalo and lure the buffalo in to the trap another technique was to dress up as wolves and sneak up on the buffaloes which posed serious treats to their lives, because in those days if you got injured it was very hard for a person to recover. With the arrivals of the horse they could just ride into the middle of the pack (where the bigger buffaloes are and hunt them) The buffalo was considered equal to humans because the red Indians had to think of clever techniques to hunt buffaloes before the arrival of the horse it was a great risk to hunt a buffalo because buffaloes were bigger, faster and much stronger than Indians.

When the buffalo was caught every body part was used like the bladder to fill water and tough buffalo hide for shields, but the white men used to kill them for their skin and leave the bodies on the plains, Indians took this as a violation of their beliefs. Indians believed that buffaloes were sacred because the buffalo's body contained most of the things they needed every day e.g. meat without the buffalo Indians would probably die

Most parts of the buffaloes were edible and were full of nutrients, for example they ate the liver raw which was full of vitamins. The buffalo meat was sliced into thin pieces and stored. Most of the time meat was boiled in water and then eaten but the leftover was stored as jerky's and lasted a very long time it was one of the things that kept Indians alive in the winter.

The buffalo dance was done to attract buffalo it was done before the arrival of the winter they also used to eat the heart or throw the heart on to the plains they believed it was going to turn back into the buffalo. Buffaloes were considered holy creatures and no part of them was wasted, but the white men hunted the buffaloes and wasted everything but the hides and skin which was a big violation of the Indians religion. They did not hunt more buffaloes than they needed and were respected by all the tribes.

We think that buffaloes were indeed a very sacred animal because it was everything to them it provided them with food and things they needed in there every day life like water bags etc. But it was more than just an animal it was there life and religion

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Answer 2

Buffalo is not sacred in Hinduism. But cow is mainly because lord krishna used to play with cows and loved cows.