Some Sects of Hinduism like Vaishnavism Keep to the purest form of vegetarianism as a really perfect although Shaktism and Tantric sects freely eat hen, mutton (goat and sheep meat), fish and eggs. The reasons said by Jains and Vaishnavas are: the basic principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals;[181] https://www.cureayu.com/blogs/lifestyle/ayurveda-questions-and-answers