[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s2.365 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.365 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.365 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.365) The Brahmin’s proper food is the Soma,³¹ not Surā³² or Parisrut,³³ and he is forbidden to eat certain forms of flesh.³⁴ On the other hand, he alone is allowed to eat the remains of the sacrifice,³⁵ for no one else is sufficiently holy to consume food which the gods have eaten. Moreover, though he cannot be a physician,³⁶ he helps the physician by being beside him while he exercises his art.³⁷ His wife 38 and his cow 39 are both sacred. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.364](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.364) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.366) - [Up: v2.c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.365) · Pramāṇa