Some sects of Hinduism such as Vaishnavism Adhere to the purest kind of vegetarianism as a great while Shaktism and Tantric sects freely take in hen, mutton (goat and sheep meat), fish and eggs. The reasons stated by Jains and Vaishnavas are: the theory of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals;[181] https://www.cureayu.com/blogs/lifestyle/cooling-herbs-ayurveda