Storia do Mogor 254.1.5

254.1.5

Some great lords wear a sort of turban on their heads, and put on a gown of white cloth that they call a cabaye (qaba), and underneath it very tight drawers; on their feet they have shoes of velvet or of red leather. These they remove when they enter a house or speak to a person of quality, for it is a great piece of bad manners in this country to speak to such a person with your shoes on and your head uncovered. The monks, called Sannyasis, are excepted, also ascetics, called Tavagi (tāpasa), and Brahmans, and all castes up to about the age of eighteen. This last exception is because up to that age they neither allow their hair to grow nor bind on the scarf of gold, of which I spoke above; they only leave on the middle of the head a little tail of hair [113].