History of Bengali Language and Literature c11.s3.3

c11.s3.3

Violation of petty rules was regarded as a great sin in the code of the Brahmins. “That infidel who has not cleansed his teeth before sunrise, has no right to worship God.”* “One who takes Putikā (*Basella lucida*) on the twelfth day of a lunation is worse than a murderer of Brahmins.” “One who takes a meal while touching the seat with his feet is to be reckoned as a beef eater.”†