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cannot enfc, except r/km im .suit ^h-ues; of course,. :yt cloud v days 
they ^|eyimdbf the mmeSsit'y- of Tasting,' 
Like 'other BinHu bastsj th§ P&nchdm Bcwij^w consist' of* a 
port&m that follow wordily riFairs.' and another that dedicate them- 
selves #vire!y to wbaithey call the service, of the gods. that is to 
say, idhmesy, medii'aton, prayer, abstinence, and the mb' vti fic at ion 
of she pas do us. Among this ..cast, these 'consecr-ued persons ere 
coded Ja/-£ smu<> v Eixafy-, hr tfakaru. Any Pamham Banlpgu, #ho 
h qualified by Ms education and' manners, may become iJangmia: 
biit the descend.- '-t. of a Jen- ama never betake themselves to ho- 
nest huuistry,. They always siddist upon charity .* and most of them 
wander about 'v, .a a great number of small belts tied to their leg's 
anu arms, in order to give the inhabifents of the villages no dee of 
; their present •:; *so that they may co'- e oi to invite the- holy men 
to then hbViseSj.’ or to- besrovv .charity. Many others live about 
the Matax or colleges of the Gurus of die east, md act- as their 
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The 6 or Szramuln* of the Bauchart Pmdf’gtiru are 'SnnmMs; 
tlwb is, men who iiaw ror.sak'fo ml: and tl-ev posttes* an absolute 
authority in all religion s matters, among which is included the chas- 
tity d’tbe .women. Of (Jtese* Q&rus; c x Saimgasic, there arc four, 
•w: if 6 called thrones, and whose Matahts are called Bdy-htUiv ; 
ih0intj near Sugar r ; Sri-sheia, near Is unity aJ : and Cmetly, near 
Bangaluru These llm>nts seem to be independent of each other ; and 
*'heir .QCC4?p.ani>;, foi tjhe time being, are simpered to be - at trial in- 
carnations of BSa. -When a Gum leaves tilts world, and is reamied 
to dvMixi keavew he is io srenc rat succeeded hi' a'person oi Ids own 
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xtominatrdu. The Guru generally educates roar or nvt 'children bf 
bis .own family-, with a- view of choosing the fittMfc of diem for his 
