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Instructions · What links here · Lingayat Vani (caste) (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 33 days ago by PerspicazHistorian (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

Lingayat Vani community is located mostly in Maharashtra and North Karnataka region and belongs to the Veershaiva (or Virashaiva/Lingayat) sect of Hinduism, so they are also referred to as Lingayat Vani or VeerShaiva Lingayat Vani. The name Vani is derived from the Sanskrit word Vanijya which means trade.

They rejected the custodial hold of Brahmins over Vedas and shastras but did not outright reject the Vedic knowledge. They worship all gods and believe them to be a form of Shiva only.^[1]^[2]

Lingayats Vani belongs to the upper caste and therefore are strict vegetarians. Devout Lingayats do not consume meat of any kind including fish. The drinking of liquor is prohibited.^[3]

^ Prasad, Leela (2007). Poetics of conduct: oral narrative and moral being in a South Indian town. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-13920-5. OCLC 69734509.
^ Siva's Warriors: The Basava Purana of Palkuriki Somanatha. Princeton University Press. July 2014. ISBN 978-0691604879.
^ Ishwaran, Karigoudar (1983). Religion and Society Among the Lingayats of South India. E.J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-06919-0.

[1] Prasad, Leela (2007). Poetics of conduct: oral narrative and moral being in a South Indian town. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-13920-5. OCLC 69734509.

[2] Siva's Warriors: The Basava Purana of Palkuriki Somanatha. Princeton University Press. July 2014. ISBN 978-0691604879.

[3] Ishwaran, Karigoudar (1983). Religion and Society Among the Lingayats of South India. E.J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-06919-0.

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