_Sútram_;[83] this rite they call _Mungi_;[84] the string is to be made of the bark of the _Darbha_;[85] 10. three days after investing the boy with the Sutra, they should put the Zanar, or “sacrificial thread,”[86] about his neck, which they call the _Yajnópavíta_;[87] 11. on assuming the Brahmanical thread they are, by way of charity, to bestow a cow on the Brahmans, which act they call _Gódán_;[88] 12. is the ablution of the body with milk, curds, clarified butter, honey, and sugar, which they call the _Ashnan-panjah_ and _Paraish-chat_;[89] 13. when the boy reaches his fifteenth year, they make him master of a household; this they call _Viváhah_,[90] or “matrimony;” 14. the son, after the decease of his father, performs the requisite charities and donations, which they call _Pind-pradán_;[91] 15. on the 7th of the month _Mágha_,[92] when the majesty of the great luminary is in Aquarius, they are to present the Brahmans with pulse, barley, wheat, black rice, sesamé, gold, and suchlike; this is called _Dán-phal_;[93] 16. on the _Shiva-rátri_,[94] or “night of Siva,” the 21st of the _Bhágan_ (Phágan, or Phálgun) they present to the Brahmans a serpent of silver, with red rice, which they call _Phani_.[95] The above are the sixteen ceremonies. It is moreover necessary that a Brahman’s son should be invested with the Munji at the age of eight, the Chatriyas at eleven, and the Vaisyas at twelve, after which ceremony the boy is to be sent to school. A Brahman must, whilst performing the offices of nature, fasten the Munji securely on the right ear, turning his face to the north, but at night to the south. After performing these offices, he is to take his instrument, and going three paces farther he is to apply to his hands water, which is to be in a vessel, and with which earth has been blended, and this is to be continued until there remains no disagreeable odour. He is after this to perform his ablution in a clean place,[96] and seat himself in such a manner that his hands should be under his knees, with his face to the north or east; next, whilst repeating the prescribed forms of prayer, he is to put a little water three times successively into the palm of the right hand,[97] which he is to swallow without reciting any prayers; he is then to cleanse the mouth with the back of the left hand, and having taken into the palm of his hand other water, and dipped the other fingers into it, he is to apply them to his nose, eyes, and ears; the water must be pure, without foam or bubble. On this occasion the Brahman is to swallow so much water that the moisture may extend to his breast; the Chattri such a quantity as to extend to his throat; the Vaisya sufficient to moisten the inside of his mouth; the cultivator, women, and children who have not assumed the Munji, are to apply a little water to the lips, then immerse the head, and having repeated the proper forms of prayer, to sprinkle the head several times. The