$JES 921 Book of Compassion Reverence For All Life Reference Book

Author(s): Pramoda Chitrabhanu, Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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7. - VARAKH (SILVER FOIL)
technical purposes by similar methods. The Jews use the gold foil for much the same purposes, namely for food preparations, as it is in India. In India, the 275 tons of silver that are beaten annually into varakh utilize intestines of 516,000 cows and calf leather of 17,200 animals each year.
Therefore, we hope that someone; somewhere will develop an alternative process for the making of varakh without using ox-gut.
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