S.A.T.A
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Ancients seers did not consider plants as part of the living world or that of higher beings and moreover the reasons why meat was discouraged as diet was not just because of post vedic emphasis on Ahimsa,but also because animals,although part of living world,were considered lesser being and their consumption would pollute and degrade man's status as a higher being.I have a doubt, I mean we have learnt that Plants identify with Music, Plants feel our touch, and they can feel Pain too and are Living beings just like us, except that they are stationary. So when we kill a Plant for food, isnt it a sin too?
The Smritis,esp that of manu,which were the great Hindu law codes,forbid consumption of meat unless it was consumed within the context of a vedic sacrifice or if life could not be sustained without the oudana(grain)