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STUDENTS Continued.

dwells with his preceptor, p. 32,
s. 175

What to do, and what to abstain

from, p. 32, s. 175

Receive daily food by begging, p. 33,
s. 183

This duty of a mendicant is ordained
for a Brahmen only, but no such
act is appointed for a warrior or
merchant, p. 34, s. 190
Personal behaviour to his preceptor,
p. 34, s. 191, et seq.
Behaviour towards his other instruc-

tors in science, p. 35, s. 206
Towards virtuous men, p. 35, s. 207
Towards the son of his preceptor, p.
35, s. 208

Towards the wives of his preceptor,
p. 36, s. 210

Must be on his guard with respect to

women, p. 36, s. 213

He must not let the sun set or rise.
while he sleeps, p. 36, s. 219
Adoration at sunrise and set, p. 37,
s. 222

If a woman or a Sudra perform any
açt leading to the chief temporal
good, he must emulate it, p. 37,
s. 223

The chief temporal good is declared

by some to consist in virtue and
wealth; by some, in wealth and
lawful pleasure; by some, in vir-
tue alone; by others, in wealth
alone; but here it includes all
three, p. 37, s. 224

Let every man please his parents and

preceptor, p. 37, s. 228

In case of necessity, may learn the
Véda from one not a Brahmen, p.
39, s. 241

But a, should not live to the end of

his days in the dwelling of one not
a Brahmen, p. 39, s. 242
Gifts to preceptor, p. 39, ss. 245, 246
The twice-born man who shall, in
the prescribed manner, pass the
time of his studentship, shall
ascend after death to the most
exalted regions, and no more
spring to birth in this lower
world, p. 39, s. 249
STUDENTSHIP-

The king guardian of property during,
p. 153, s. 27

SUBSISTENCE-

Legal means of, p. 70, ss. 3-13
Ten modes of, in time of distress,
p. 239, s. 117

SUDRA-

May imitate the practice of good

men, p. 240, s. 127

No superfluous collection of wealth
must be made by a, p. 240, s. 129
Let no Brahmen beg a gift from a,
p. 244, s. 25.-See EXPIATION.
(Labour), object and mode of crea-
tion of, p. 5, s. 31

Sprang from the foot of the Being
supremely glorious, p. 10, s. 87
The duties assigned to, p. 10, s. 91
In distress, may dwell where he
chooses, p. 16, s. 24
Naming child of, p. 17, s. 31
First part of compound name should
indicate contempt, p. 17, s. 31
Second part should indicate humble
attendance, p. 17, s. 33
Precluded from the sacred obser-
vances of the twice-born, p. 25,
s. 103

A Brahmen who does not know the
form of returning a salutation, he
is as a, p. 27, s. 126

Is entitled to respect, if he possesses
the most of those things which
entitle the highest class to respect,
and he has entered the tenth
decade of his age, p. 29, s. 137
Student neglecting to study the Véda
daily falls to the condition of a,
p. 32, s. 168

A man is on a level with a, before
his new birth, p. 32, s. 172
A believer in scripture may receive
pure knowledge even from a, p.
38, s. 238

A, woman only must be the wife of
a, p. 41, s. 13

A woman of the servile class is not

even named as the first wife of
a Brahmen or a Sudra, p. 41,
s. 14
The progeny of irregular marriages
out of the order of classes are
soon degraded to Sudras, p. 41,
s. 15

Let a Brahmen not dwell in a city

governed by a, king, p. 76, s. 61
Let him not give even temporal ad-
vice to a, p. 78, s. 80

Nor what remains from his table,
p. 78, s. 80

Nor clarified butter of which part
has been offered to the gods, p. 78,
s. 80

Nor give spiritual counsel, nor per-
sonally inform him of legal expia-
tion for sin, p. 78, ss. 80, 81

SUDRA-Continued.

From whom he is not to accept gifts,
p. 78, ss. 84-86

Brahmen must not read the Véda in
the presence of, p. 80, s. 99
A dead, to be carried out by the
southern gate of the town, p. 107,
s. 92

Let no kinsman, while any of his
class are at hand, cause a Brahmen
to be carried out by a, p. 108,
s. 104

Engaged in religious duties, must

perform each month the ceremony
of shaving the head; their food
must be orts of Brahmens, and
their mode of purification the same
as that of a Vaisya, p. 112, s.
140

Each man of the servile class should
be ordered to act in the service of
the twice-born, p. 192, s. 400
A man of the servile class, a Brah-
men may compel to perform servile
duty, p. 192, s. 413

Though emancipated by his master,

is not released from a state of
servitude; for a state which is
natural to him, by whom can he be
divested? p. 193, s. 414

There are servants of seven sorts:
one made captive under a stan-
dard or in battle, one maintained
in consideration of service, one
born of a female slave in the
house, one sold or given or in-
herited from ancestors, and one
enslaved by way of punishment
on his inability to pay a large fine,
p. 193, s. 415

A Brahmen may seize, if in distress,
the goods of a, slave, p. 193,
s. 417

The son of a, wife will take on par-
tition one share, p. 208, s. 151
If no deduction is made, the estate
shall be divided into ten parts, of
which the, shall take a single
share, p. 209, s. 153

But whether the Brahmen have sons
or not by wives of the three first
classes, no more than a tenth part
shall be given to the son of a, p.
209, s. 154

The son of a Brahmen, a Cshatriya,
or a Vaisya, by a, shall inherit
no part of the estate, unless he be
virtuous; nor jointly with other
sons, unless his mother was law-
fully married, p. 209, s. 155

SUDRA continued.

Whatever his father may give him,
let that be his own, p. 209, s.
155

For a, is ordained a wife of his own
class all produced by her shall
have equal shares, p. 209, s. 157
The son of a, is one of the six kins-
men named by Menu who are not
heirs to collaterals, p. 210, s. 160
A son begotten through lust on a,
by a priest is even as a corpse,
p. 211, s. 178

But a son begotten by a, on his
female slave, or on the slave of his
male slave, may take a share of
the heritage if permitted by the
other sons, p. 212, s. 179
Cannot be permitted to interpret the

law to the king, p. 153, s. 20
Nor decide causes, p. 153, s. 21
See CLASSES.

Rules for the conduct of, p. 226,
s. 334

The fourth, or servile, class is once-
born, i. e. has no second birth
from the gayatri, and wears no
thread, p. 228, s. 4

As the son of a, may attain the
rank of a Brahmen, and as the
son of a Brahmen may sink to
the level of a, even so must it
be with him who springs from a
Cshatriya; so with him who was
born of a Vaisya, p. 234, s. 65
In distress, may subsist by handi-
crafts, p. 237, s. 99; p. 240, s.
121

What is prohibited to him, p. 240,
s. 126

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS, pp. 1-13
SUN-

Causes the distribution of day and
night, p. 8, s. 65

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Punishment of, p. 182, s. 301
If the taking be violent, and in the
sight of the owner, it is robbery ;
if privately, in his absence, it is
only theft, p. 184, s. 332
It is considered, when a man, re-
ceiving any thing, refuses to give
it back, p 184, s. 332
Neither a father, nor a preceptor,
nor a friend, nor a mother, nor a
wife, nor a son, nor a domestick
priest, must be left unpunished,
p. 185, s. 335

A king shall be fined, p. 185, s. 336
A Sudra shall be fined, p 185, s.
337

A Vaisya shall be fined, p. 185, s.
337

A Cshatriya shall be fined, p. 185,
s. 337

A Brahmen shall be fined, p. 185,
s. 338

If a damsel, who has selected a
husband for herself, carry away
the ornaments received from her
father, and those given her by her
mother and brother, commits, p.
202, s. 92

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TONSURE-

Of child's head with a lock of the
hair, p. 17, s. 27

Ceremony of, for a priest, in the
16th year, p. 21, s. 65

For a soldier, the 22nd year, p. 21,
s. 65

For a merchant, the 24th year, p.
21, s. 65

TOUCH-

Air endued with the quality of, p.
9, s. 76

TRAIVIDYA-

By the ceremony of, human body
rendered fit for divine state, p.
17, s. 28
TRANSMIGRATION-

In whatever occupation a soul is first
employed, it continues in suc-
ceeding bodies, p. 4, s. 28
So of the qualities of the soul, p.
4, s. 29

As the seasons attain their marks

spontaneously, so the acts of each
spirit attend it naturally, p. 5, s.

30

Happens continually, from the state
of Brahma to that of plants, p.
6, s. 50

When the soul migrates from its
corporeal frame, p. 7, ss. 52-55
Being again composed of minute ele-
mentary principles, it enters at
once into vegetable and animal
seed; it then assumes a new form,
p. 7, s. 56

Thus is revivified and destroyed, in
eternal succession, all locomotive
and immutable creatures, p. 7, s.
57

The twice-born man, who shall have
passed the time of his studentship
as prescribed, shall no more again
spring to birth in this lower world,
p. 39, s. 249

TRANSMIGRATION AND FINAL BEATI-
TUDE, p. 271

For corporeal acts, a man shall as-
sume after death a mineral form,
p. 272, s. 9

For verbal acts, the form of a bird

or a beast, p. 272, s. 9

For mental acts, the lowest of human

conditions, p. 272, s. 9

By the vital souls of men, who have
committed sins in the body re-
duced to ashes, another body,
composed of nerves with five
sensations, in order to be sus-
ceptible of torment, shall certainly

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They shall, in that new body, feel

the pangs inflicted in each case
by the sentence of Yama, p. 273,

s. 17
When the vital soul has gathered

the fruit of sins which arise from
the love of sensual pleasure, but
must produce misery, and when
its taint has thus been removed, it
approaches again those two most
effulgent essences, the intellectual
soul and the divine spirit, p. 273,
s. 18

The three qualities of the natural
soul are goodness, passion, and
darkness, p. 273, s. 24

Where any one of the three qualities
predominates in the mortal frame,
it renders the embodied spirit
distinguished for that quality, p.
273, s. 27

Goodness is true knowledge, dark-
ness gross ignorance, passion an
emotion of desire and aversion,
p. 273, s. 26

Various acts in the highest, middle,
and lowest degrees, which pro-
ceed from these three qualities
of mind, p. 273, ss. 30-38
Such, as the soul procures in this
universe by each of these quali-
ties, p. 275, ss. 39-51
What particular bodies the vital
spirit enters in this world, and
in consequence of what sins com-
mitted, p. 276, s. 53
The acts of a Brahmen, which lead
to eternal bliss, p. 279, s. 82
Of all those duties, the principle is
to acquire a true knowledge of
one supreme God, which is the
most exalted of all sciences, p.
279, s. 85

Rules of conduct which lead to
supreme bliss, pp. 279-287
The law is ascertained, when par-
ticular cases are not comprised
under any of the general rules,
by what well-instructed Brahmens
propound, which is held to be
incontestible law, p. 282, s. 108

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TWINS

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May marry a Sudra for his second
wife, p. 41, s. 13

(Wealth), object and mode of crea-
tion of, p. 5, s. 31

Sprang from the thigh of the Being

supremely glorious, p. 10, s. 87
Duties assigned to, p. 10, s. 90
Naming child of, p. 17, s. 31
First part of compound name should
indicate wealth, p. 17, s. 31
Second part should imply nourish-
ment, p. 17, s. 31

Investiture of.-See MALE CHILD,
p. 18, s. 36, et seq.

Vestments of students.--See STU-

DENTS.

The girdle of, p. 18, s. 42
The zones of, p. 19, s. 43

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VAISYAS-continued.

The sacrificial thread, p. 19, s. 44
Staff of.-See STAFF, ante, p. 19, s.
45

The duty of begging for food does

not apply to, p. 34, s. 190
The progeny of irregular marriages
out of the order of the classes
are soon degraded to the state of
Sudras, p. 41, s. 15

He is degraded on the birth of a
son's son, p. 41, s. 16

The eight forms of nuptial ceremony.
-See MARRIAGE, p. 42, s. 20
Not permitted to, p. 42, s. 23
Their good and bad qualities, p. 42,
8. 23

The king should order each man of
the, class to practise trade, &c.,
p. 192, s. 410

If distressed for a livelihood, some
wealthy Brahmen must support,
obliging him without harshness to
discharge his duties, p. 192, s. 411
But must not call upon him to
discharge servile duties, p. 192,
s. 412

The son of a, wife takes one and
a half share of the estate on par-
tition, p. 208, s. 151

If no deduction be made, the estate
shall be divided into ten parts,
p.. 209, s. 152

Of which the, shall have two, p.
209, s. 152

Rules for the conduct of, p. 226,
s. 326

Cannot teach the Védas, officiate at

a sacrifice, or receive presents,
p. 235, s. 77

His means of subsistence, p. 235,
s. 78

In time of distress, p. 237, s. 98
VASISHT'HA-

One of the ten lords of created
beings, or sages, p. 5, s. 35

VATA-

The staff of a soldier, p. 19, s. 45
VEDAS-

From fire, air, and sun, God milked
out the three primordial, for per-
formance of sacrifices, p. 4, s. 23
The roots of the law are the whole,
p. 14, s. 6

Whatever law is ordained by Menu,

is fully declared in the, p. 14, s. 6
A man of true learning cannot fail
to perform all those duties which
are ordained on the authority of
the, p. 14, s. 8

VEDAS-continued.

Sruti means the, p. 15, s. 10
Who has a right to study the, p. 15,
s. 16

By studying, human body rendered
fit for a divine state, p. 17, s. 28
No Brahmen shall study with an
outcast.-See OUTCASTS, p. 18,
8. 40

Texts from, must not be repeated
at the performance of ceremonies
for women, p. 21, s. 66
Ceremonies to be observed by stu-
dent and preceptor on reading the,
p. 22, s. 70, et seq.-See STUDENT.
Om, a mystic triliteral monosyllable
used by Brahmens when beginning
and ending a lecture, p. 22, s. 74,
et seq.

The three great immutable words
preceded by the triliteral syllable,
and followed by the gayatri, which
consists of three measures, must
be considered as the mouth or
principal part of the, p. 23, s.
81

He who persists a year in reading
the, good fruits will arise from
his offerings of milk and curds,
clarified butter and honey, p. 26,
s. 107

Ten persons may be instructed in,
p. 26, s. 109

He who acquires knowledge of the,
without assent of his preceptor,
incurs the guilt of stealing the
scripture, p. 27, s. 116
Mode of reading, p. 31, s. 165
He who daily reads the, performs
the highest act of devotion, p. 31,
s. 167

A teacher of the, is the image of
God, p. 37, s. 225

In case of necessity, a student may
learn the, from one not a Brah-
men, p. 39, s. 241

Duration of the discipline of a stu-

dent in, p. 40, s. 1

When to be read, p. 80, ss. 74-100
When to avoid reading the, p. 80,
s. 110

Women have no business with the
texts of, p. 195, s. 18
VEGETABLES-

Propagation and production, p. 6,
8. 46

Large woody plants are named trees,
p. 6, s. 47

Have internal conscience, and suffer
pleasure and pain, p. 6, s. 49
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