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correct word is annahar. Shakahar word is coined to create confusion. However, we may deal with this on some other occasion). The important thing is that there is no logic behind considering milk as a non-vegetarian product. True, milk is procured from the body of an animal. However, milk is available only from the body of the female of an animal. On the other hand flesh is procured from the body of both male and female animals. This is one natural difference between milk and flesh. Food consumed by a living being gets converted into rasa (body chemicals), rakta (blood), med (fat), mans (flesh), majja (marrow), veerya (semen) and ojas (vigour). The whole process takes 30 days with each stage taking four to five days. On the other hand, part of the food fed to a cow or any other milch animal gets converted into milk on the same day and comes to its udders. From the remaining food the above stated elements get created. Thus, it is baseless to say that milk is created out of blood and flesh of the animal. To obtain flesh of an animal, it has to be slaughtered and it undergoes great cruelty. The animal fiercely resists its killing. However, the situation is totally opposite in case of milk. The animal does not undergo any pain, it does not resist milking. On the contrary it co-operates in milking. If the animal is not milked, the animal feels pained. Milk is produced in an animal's body for being used as food for its young one and other creatures. Milking an animal is in its own interest. Nature has created small holes in the udders of the female animals to facilitate milking so that its milk can be put to several uses.
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