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The Brihaddharma Purana is a thirteenth-century __________ text.
The Brihaddharma Purana is a thirteenth-century __________ text.
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Brahmanas were not allowed to eat non vegetarian food, but the
popularity of fish in the local diet in Bengal made the Brahmanical
authorities relax this prohibition for the Bengal Brahmanas. The
Brihaddharma Purana, a thirteenth-century Sanskrit text from Bengal,
permitted the local Brahmanas to eat certain varieties of fish.
Brahmanas were not allowed to eat non vegetarian food, but the popularity of fish in the local diet in Bengal made the Brahmanical authorities relax this prohibition for the Bengal Brahmanas. The Brihaddharma Purana, a thirteenth-century Sanskrit text from Bengal, permitted the local Brahmanas to eat certain varieties of fish.
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