Sapi dalam agama

Sapi dianggap keramat dalam beberapa agama dan mitologi di dunia seperti Hindu, Jain, Zoroastrian dan lain-lain. Beberapa agama awal di Mesir Kuno, Yunani Kuno, Israel Kuno dan Romawi Kuno juga memiliki kepercayaan yang sama.

Referensi

• Achaya, K. T. (2002), A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-565868-X .
• K. D. Sethna, The Problem of Aryan Origins 1980, 1992; ISBN 81-85179-67-0
• Shaffer, Jim G. (1995). Cultural tradition and Palaeoethnicity in South Asian Archaeology. In: Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia. Ed. George Erdosy. ISBN 3-11-014447-6
• Shaffer, Jim G. (1999). Migration, Philology and South Asian Archaeology. In: Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia. Ed. Bronkhorst and Deshpande. ISBN 1-888789-04-2.

Pranala luar

• Sacredness of native Cow breeds of India Diarsipkan 2012-03-09 di Wayback Machine.
• Photo essay examining the changing place of the Holy Cow in India Diarsipkan 2011-05-05 di Wayback Machine.
• Cows in Hinduism
• Sacredness of cow in Rigveda and the words of Gandhi Diarsipkan 2009-03-22 di Wayback Machine., from Hinduism Today
• Gau-Mata and her secret meanings Diarsipkan 2014-08-15 di Wayback Machine.
• Why Hindus Consider Cow as Sacred Mother Diarsipkan 2021-06-22 di Wayback Machine.
• Milk in a vegetarian diet, from Sanatan Society, a Hindu association
• Sacred No Longer: The suffering of cattle for the Indian leather tradeDiarsipkan 2004-10-13 di Wayback Machine., from Advocates for Animals
• Rise In Animal Slaughter in India Diarsipkan 2010-11-25 di Wayback Machine., by Tony Mathews
• "Pamela Anderson Lee Exposes Animal Cruelty in the International Leather Trade", from PETA
• Deonar Abattoir: Report on the Failure of Government and of Management to Meet Humane, Hygiene, Religious, and Legal Standards for Slaughter and Animal Handling Diarsipkan 2008-12-05 di Wayback Machine., from PETA
• People for Animals, an Indian animal rights organisation
• India cow report Diarsipkan 2016-02-05 di Wayback Machine., by Balabhadra das, ISCOWP
• Hinduism: Why do Hindus regard the cow as sacred?
• Jainism & Status of Cows in India:- By Mr. Anil Kumar Jain Diarsipkan 2013-12-24 di Wayback Machine.