A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule: Social-religious condition. Social condition. Industrial conditionW. Newman, 1894 |
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A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule: Social-religious ... Pramatha Nath Bose Visualització completa - 1894 |
A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule: Social-religious ... Pramatha Nath Bose Visualització completa - 1894 |
A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule: Social-religious ... Pramatha Nath Bose Visualització completa - 1894 |
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Pàgina 133 - They are bred to this profligate life from their infancy. They are taken from any caste, and are frequently of respectable birth. It is nothing uncommon to hear of pregnant women, in the belief that it will tend to their happy delivery, making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child then in...
Pàgina 110 - Though destitute of virtue, or seeking pleasure (elsewhere), or devoid of good qualities, (yet) a husband must be constantly worshipped as a god by a faithful wife.
Pàgina 37 - Let her emaciate her body by living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruit ; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. " Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women...
Pàgina 70 - ... rock in the bed of the Nerbudda, refusing every kind of sustenance, and exposed to the intense heat of the sun by day, and the severe cold of the night, with only a thin sheet thrown over her shoulders. On Thursday, to cut off all hope of her being moved from her purpose, she put on the Dhujja, or coarse red turban, and broke her bracelets in pieces, by which she became dead in law, and for •ever excluded from caste. Should she choose to live after this, she could never return to her family....
Pàgina 299 - And while the soil bears on its surface all kinds of fruits which are known to cultivation, it has also under ground numerous veins of all sorts of metals, for it contains much gold and silver, and copper and iron in no small quantity, and even tin and other metals, which are employed in making articles of use and ornament, as well as the implements and accoutrements of war.
Pàgina 36 - Rise up, woman, thou art lying by one whose life is gone ; come to the world of the living, away from thy husband, and become the wife of him who holds thy hand, and is willing to marry thee
Pàgina 66 - Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women, as were devoted to one only husband.
Pàgina 67 - If a wife loses her husband by death, she cannot marry another man. She has only to choose between two things — either to remain a widow as long as she lives or to burn herself; and the latter eventuality is considered the preferable, because as a widow she is ill-treated as long as she lives.
Pàgina 72 - After bathing, she called for a pan (betel leaf) and ate it; then rose up and, with one arm on the shoulder of her eldest son and the other on that of her nephew, approached the fire.
Pàgina 70 - ... deep, before several thousand spectators who had assembled to see the suttee. All strangers dispersed before evening, as there seemed to be no prospect of my yielding to the urgent solicitations of her family, who dared not touch food till she had burned herself or declared herself willing to return to them. Her sons, grandsons and some other relations remained with her while the rest surrounded my house, the one urging me to allow her to burn and the other urging her to desist. She remained...