The Suttees' Cry to Britain: Containing Extracts from Essays Published in India and Parliamentary Papers on the Burning of Hindoo Widows : Showing that the Rite is Not an Integral Part of the Religion of the Hindoos, But a Horrid Custom, Opposed to the Institutes of Menu, and a Violation of Every Principle of Justice and HumanitySeely, 1827 - 82 pàgines |
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Pàgina 3
... sanctioned by men of thought and penetration , and perpetuated among a people whose mildness of disposition is prover- bial , shews to what a state of degradation the mind may be reduced under the influence of an unnatural superstition ...
... sanctioned by men of thought and penetration , and perpetuated among a people whose mildness of disposition is prover- bial , shews to what a state of degradation the mind may be reduced under the influence of an unnatural superstition ...
Pàgina 14
... sanctioned not merely by the laws of all Christian nations , but even those of Greece and Rome notwithstanding their idolatry , many think , that this alone would gradually extinguish the practice . But is it right , that in a country ...
... sanctioned not merely by the laws of all Christian nations , but even those of Greece and Rome notwithstanding their idolatry , many think , that this alone would gradually extinguish the practice . But is it right , that in a country ...
Pàgina 19
... sanctioned by Hindoo Writers . : per- An examination of the shastras on this subject has produced two opposite opinions ; the one maintaining that there is no authority for the practice besides that of custom , and the other , that it ...
... sanctioned by Hindoo Writers . : per- An examination of the shastras on this subject has produced two opposite opinions ; the one maintaining that there is no authority for the practice besides that of custom , and the other , that it ...
Pàgina 23
... sanctions of revelation we shall find , that of all the crimes done under the sun , that of self - mur- der is the most enormous . The Divine law expressly declares : " Thou shalt do no murder ; " and in this prohibition self - murder ...
... sanctions of revelation we shall find , that of all the crimes done under the sun , that of self - mur- der is the most enormous . The Divine law expressly declares : " Thou shalt do no murder ; " and in this prohibition self - murder ...
Pàgina 30
... sanctioned by antiquity . It forms one of the fruits which have arisen from the introduction of printing into India ; and is the result of that wise and benign sway exercised by Britain over her possessions in the east . Under the ...
... sanctioned by antiquity . It forms one of the fruits which have arisen from the introduction of printing into India ; and is the result of that wise and benign sway exercised by Britain over her possessions in the east . Under the ...
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Pàgina 63 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Pàgina 14 - But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; who will render to every man according to his deeds...
Pàgina 57 - ... and, like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have no child, if, after the decease of her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity...
Pàgina 72 - And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer ; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock : and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Pàgina 13 - 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 as were devoted to one only husband.
Pàgina 67 - And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Pàgina 57 - But a widow, who, from a wish to bear children, slights her deceased husband by marrying again, brings disgrace on herself here below, and shall be excluded from the seat of her lord.
Pàgina 1 - By a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling-place, according to her mere pleasure. In childhood must a female be dependent on her father, in youth on her husband, her lord being dead, on her sons. A woman must never seek independence.
Pàgina 39 - It appears to me that if the practice is allowed to exist at all, the less notice we take of it the better, because the apparent object of the interference of the police is to compel the people to observe the rules of their own Shastras (which of themselves they will not obey) by ascertaining particular circumstances of the condition of the widow"80.
Pàgina 41 - Hindoos to themselves upon the subject, as being a rite which it would be disgraceful in us to countenance, and dangerous to our empire to forbid. The usage will be much more likely to fall into disuse under a total neglect, on the part of government, than under the present system of attention and inquiry, which serves but to keep the feelings of the Hindoo population alive upon the point, and to give a sort of interest and celebrity to the sacrifice, which is in the highest degree favourable to...