Book VIII

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223 Ghí or clarified butter, “holy oil,” being one of the essentials of sacrifice.

224 “A Bráhman had five principal duties to discharge every day: study and teaching the Veda, oblations to the manes or spirits of the departed, sacrifice to the Gods, hospitable offerings to men, and _a gift of food to all creatures_. The last consisted of rice or other grain which the Bráhman was to offer every day outside his house in the open air. MANU,