Storia do Mogor 254.1.3

254.1.3

There are also among these Hindus some families in the east called Sudra, the least noble of the four castes I have spoken of (and to this caste belong nowadays the kings and princes of this country), who are called Vanangamory (Vananga-mori). These people pay no civility either to princes or kings, not even to their own false gods; they appear neither in the palaces nor the temples. If you ask them the reason why, recognising as they do the king for their lord, and confessing the idol to be their god, they do not pay them homage like other men, they tell you that the greatness of their sect consists in this; and with that answer, being content with it themselves, they imagine you ought also to be satisfied.