Symbol and sustenance: Cattle in South Asian culture

Dialectical Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-84

  Lodrick, Deryck O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sacred cow concept; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144441680     PISSN: 03044092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10624-005-5809-8     Document Type: Review

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