Ma Huan’s account of Cochin (Google Books ⧉, Amazon ⧉, Bookshop ⧉)

The Travels of Marco Polo

We read in Ma Huan’s account of Cochin (J. R. A. S. April, 1896, p. 343): “Here also is another class of men, called Chokis (Yogi), who lead austere lives like the Taoists of China, but who, however, are married. Alms of rice and money are given to them by the people whose houses they visit.”