Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1459

v2.c4.s7.1459

Other particulars accord with the view that they were Āryans outside the sphere of Brahmin culture. Thus they are said⁸ not to practise agriculture or commerce (an allusion to a nomadic life), nor to observe the rules of Brahmacarya—i.e., the principle regulating the Brahminic order of life. They were also allowed to become members of the Brahminical community by performance of the ritual prescribed, which would hardly be so natural in the case of non-Āryans.