jeopardy, they may be allowed contact or conversation with women,
such contact being necessary for the saving of life.

183. They should not anoint their lips with oil. They should
not carry weapons. They should not dress themselves in
unbecoming costume. They should subdue the sense of taste.

184. If in the house of any Brahman the meals are cooked and
served up by a woman, they should not go there to ask for food,
but should ask for it at some other house.

185. They should constantly repeat the Vedas and Sastras, and
serve their spiritual preceptor. They must shun the society of
women, and of men who are fond of women.

186. He who is by birth a Brahman should on no account drink
water from a leathern vessel; nor should he ever eat garlic,
onions, etc.

187. Nor must he eat food without having first performed his
ablutions, the Sandhya service, repetition of the Gayatri, the
worship of Vish.nu, and the Vaisvadeva ceremony. [Footnote: This
ceremony, which partly consists in throwing portions of food into
the fire, before dinner, as an offering to all the deities, will
be fully described in my new work on "Religious Thought and Life
in India," to be published by Mr. Murray.]

188. All who are Sadhus are bound, just like those who have made
a vow of perpetual celibacy, to avoid associating with women, or
with men who are fond of women, and should subdue their (six)