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PÂRASKARA-GRIHYA-SÚTRA.
19. That of a Vaisya a goat's or cow's skin.
20. Or if (the prescribed sort of garment) is not to be had, a cow's hide (should be worn) by all, because to that belongs the first place (among all kinds of garments).
21. The girdle of a Brâhmana should be of Muñga grass,
22. That of a Kshatriya should be a bowstring,
23. That of a Vaisya, made of Märvå (i.e. Sanseveria Roxburghiana).
24. If there is no Muñga (or the other articles prescribed in g$ 22, 23, the girdles should be made) of Kusa grass, of the plant Asmantaka, or of Balbaga grass (respectively).
25. The staff of a Brâhmana is of Palâsa wood, 26. That of a Râganya of Bilva wood, 27. That of a Vaisya of Udumbara wood. 28. Or all (sorts of staffs may be used) by all.
29. If the teacher calls him, he shall rise and then answer.
30. If (the teacher calls him) while he is lying down, (he should answer) sitting; if sitting, standing; if standing, walking up (to the teacher); if walking up, running up.
31. If he behaves thus, his fame when he has become a Snâtaka (i. e. when he has taken the bath at the end of his studentship) will be (such that people will say of him), 'To-day he stays there; to-day he stays there.'
32. There are three (kinds of) Snâtakas: a Vidyasnâtaka (i. e. a Snâtaka by knowledge), a Vrata
24. Manu II, 43.
32-35. Comp. Âpastamba I, 30, 1-3; Manu IV, 31. The term of the vows extends through forty-eight (or thirty-six, &c.)
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