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NAMBUTIRI BRAHMAN :(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.