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NAMBUTIRI BRAHMAN :(10) You must bathe if you happen to be near another, i.e., a Chandala.


 * (11) You must bathe if you touch polluted wells or tanks.


 * (12) You must not tread over a place that has been cleaned with a broom, unless it is sprinkled with water.


 * (13) A particular mode of marking the forehead with ashes (otherwise described as putting three horizontal lines on the forehead with pure burnt cow-dung).


 * (14) You must repeat charms yourself. (You must not allow someone else to do it.)


 * (15) You must avoid cold rice, etc. (food cooked on the previous day).


 * (16) You must avoid leavings of meals by children.


 * (17) You must not eat anything that has been offered to Siva.


 * (18) You must not serve out food with your hands.


 * (19) You must not use the ghī of buffalo cows for burnt offerings.


 * (20) You must not use buffalo milk or ghī for funeral offerings.


 * (21) A particular mode of taking food (not to put too much in the mouth, because none must be taken back).


 * (22) You must not chew betel while you are polluted.


 * (23) You must observe the conclusion of the Brahmachāri period (the samāvarttanam ceremony).

This should be done before consorting with Nāyar women.


 * (24) You must give presents to your guru or preceptor. (The Brahmachāri must do so.)


 * (25) You must not read the Vēdas on the road.