By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Across India, the fish is a sacred symbol — all kinds of fish. The salt-water fish (Surmai), fresh-water fish (Goonch), fish of ponds…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist
Across India, the fish is a sacred symbol — all kinds of fish. The salt-water fish (Surmai), fresh-water fish (Goonch), fish of ponds (Rohu) and rivers (Mahseer, dolphins), fish of deltas that travel upstream to spawn (Palla, Hilsa). Fish is linked with autonomy as it cannot be tamed, and with fertility and prosperity. Brahmins who ate fish referred to it as “water-plants” (jala-taru).
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