1 A Brāhmaṇa who has performed the ceremony of ablution which has to be performed on his finishing his first Āśrama (that of a Brahmacārin).

2 A Brāhmaṇa just returned from the house of his precep- tor and become an initiated householder (gṛhastha).

3 A Brā- hmaṇa who is a Bhikṣu (beggar of alms) for any religious object; Ms. 11. 2.

4 Any man of the first three classes who is an initiat- ed householder.