Jhatka: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Ritual slaughter}}

'''Jhatka''', or '''Jhataka''' or '''chatka''' (''{{transl|pa|jhàṭkā}}'' {{IPA-pa|tʃə̀ʈkɑ|IPA}}), is the meat from an animal killed instantaneously, such as by a single strike of a sword or axe to [[decapitation|sever the head]] within the [[Sikh]] religion. This type of slaughter is preferred by meat-consuming [[Sikhs]] as well as meat-consuming [[Buddhists]] and [[Hindus]] of the [[Punjab]] region. In this method of butchering, the animal must also not be scared or shaken in any way before slaughter.