Kuthha
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View 1. Kutha mean meat prepared after very slow, deliberate & prolonged slaughtering of an animal in ritualistic Islamic religious tradition. Almost All over India it is locally termed as 'Halal'.
View 2. Kutha means simply meat of the killed animal and does not go into the detail of how the animal is killed.
These three Shabads in Gurbani have this word in them:
| SGGS Page 321 Full Shabad |
| ik niranjan rav rahi-aa bhaa-o duyaa kuthaa.
The One Immaculate Lord is pervading everywhere; He destroys the love of duality. har naanak mangai jorh kar parabh dayvai tuthaa. Nanak begs for the Lord`s Name, with his palms pressed together; by His Pleasure, God has granted it. ((13)) |
This Shabad appears not to refer to any type of meat?
| SGGS Page 472 Full Shabad |
| They eat the meat of the goats, killed after the Muslim prayers are read over them,
abhaakhi-aa kaa kuthaa bakraa khaanaa. |
Here the word "kuthaa" is in relation to meat of sheep/goat
| SGGS Page 956 Full Shabad |
| If the Shaykh is killed with that,
tis daa kuthaa hovai saykh. |
Here the word "kutha" is in relation to "Sheikh"
See main article Vegetarianism
