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CHAPTEE XIV
Rules of Etiquette amongst Brahmins and other Hindus.
— Modes
of
Greeting.
etiquette.
and
it would be tedious, to give a
numberless rules governing Hindu
a few it will give a general idea of the
It is unnecessary,
detailed list of the
If I cite
rest.
Hindus have several ways
some provinces they put the
of greeting each other.
In
right hand on the heart
in
others they simply stretch it out to the acquaintance they
are meeting, for they never greet a person whom they do
not know, unless he be of very high rank. When two
;
Hindu acquaintances meet, they generally say a few
—
meaningless words to each other, such as, You So-and-
That's all right