The following persons are shunned in Sraddha and similar rites : A person with a hideous skin; one with ill-formed rotten nails, a leper, one with white leprosy, one with black teeth, one whose penis is mutilated, a thief, an impotent person, an atheist, a drink-addict, a paramour of a Sudra woman, a murderer of a hero, one who indulges in sexual intercourse with one’s brother’s widow,^ one who commits arson, a pimp, the seller of Soma, the young brother who marries before the elder brother,^ the violent man, the elder brother who remains unmar¬ ried when the younger brother has married, non-performer of Maha-yajnas, an expelled one, a widow’s son, a usurer, a star¬ gazer) one indulging in songs and musical instruments, a sickly person, a one-eyed fellow, one deficient in any limb, an Avakirnin (a religious student who breaks his vow), one who has an addi¬ tional limb, a person who defiles food, bastard, a person accused of a crime, a Devala (a person maintaining himself by worshipping idols) ; a person who injures his friend; a back-biter, a henpeck¬ ed husband; a person who has abandoned his parents and the preceptor, a wife-forsaker, the creator of discord in one’s clan, one who is impure, a worthless fellow; an issueless person, a perjuror, a beggar, a person living by means of dramas, a sea¬ farer, an ungrateful person, a person committing breach of promise, and one who censures Vedas, Devas and the Brahmanas. All these should be avoided in a Sraddha.