NAMBUTIRI BRAHMAN
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- (39) A particular mode of performing srāddha by an adopted son (who should do the ceremony for his adopted parents as well as for his natural parents. Among non-Malabar Brāhmans, an adopted son has nothing to do with the ceremonies for his natural father, from whose family he has become entirely disconnected).
- (40) The corpse of a man should be burnt in his own compound,
- (41) Sanyāsis should not look at (see) women.
- (42) Sanyāsis should renounce all wordly pleasures.
- (43) Srāddha should not be performed for deceased Sanyāsis.
- (44) Brāhman women must not look at any other persons besides their own husbands.
- (45) Brāhman women must not go out, unless accompanied by women servants.
- (46) They should wear only white clothing.
- (47) Noses should not be pierced.
- (48) Brāhmans should be put out of their caste if they drink any liquor.
- (49) Brāhmans should forfeit their caste, if they have intercourse with other Brāhman women besides their wives.
- (50) The consecration of evil spirits should be avoided. (Otherwise said to be that worship of ancestors should not be done in temples.)
- (51) Sūdras and others are not to touch an idol.
- (52) Anything offered to one god should not be offered to another.
- (53) Marriage, etc., should not be done without a burnt offering (hōmam).
- (54) Brāhmans should not give blessings to each other.
