[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c6.13 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c6.13 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c6.13 - **Language:** English ### [c6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c6.13) While a Nayar can pollute a man of a higher cast only by touching him, people of the Kammalan group, including masons, blacksmiths, carpenters, and workers in leather, pollute at a distance of twenty-four feet, toddy drawers at thirty-six feet, Palayan or Cheruman cultivators at forty-eight feet; while in the case of the Paraiyan (Pariahs) who eat beef, the range of pollution is stated to be no less than sixty-four feet.¹ - [Previous: c6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c6.12) - [Next: c6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c6.14) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c6.13) · Pramāṇa