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The following are of the kind of friends:
• One who has played with you in the dust, i.e. in childhood
• One who is bound by an obligation
• One who is of the same disposition and fond of the same things
• One who is a fellow student
• One who is acquainted with your secrets and faults, and whose faults and secrets are also
known to you
• One who is a child of your nurse
• One who is brought up with you one who is an hereditary friend
These friends should possess the following qualities:
• They should tell the truth
• They should not be changed by time
• They should be favourable to your designs
• They should be firm
• They should be free from covetousness
• They should not be capable of being gained over by others
• They should not reveal your secrets
Charayana says that citizens form friendship with washermen, barbers, cowherds, florists, druggists,
betel-leaf sellers, tavern keepers, beggars, Pithamardas, Vitas and Vidushekas, as also with the
wives of all these people.
A messenger should possess the following qualities:
• Skilfulness
• Boldness
• Knowledge of the intention of men by their outward signs
• Absence of confusion, i.e. no shyness
• Knowledge of the exact meaning of what others do or say
• Good manners
• Knowledge of appropriate times and places for doing different things
• Ingenuity in business
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