To do so is a breach of good manners.

The personal name, as has been shown, refers either to the religious rites sacred to the bearer's clan or else to a notable act performed by the man; in both cases the name stands for something that is too closely connected with the life of the individual to make it fit for common use.

The difficulty of designating a person one wishes to address is met by the use of terms of relationship.

Of course, in some companies these terms would be literally true and proper, but there are terms which are used in a wider sense and which do not imply actual kinship.

(The subject of Indian relationships and their terms is too complex to be entered upon here.) There are terms which are employed merely to indicate respect.