 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.  The Curse of Kehama - Pągina 155per Robert Southey - 1811 - 215 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - 522 pągines
...this act have been outcasted by their fellows. Manu's teaching is as follows : " Let her (the widow; emaciate her body by living voluntarily on pure flowers,...roots, and fruit ; but let her not, when her lord is * Chap. v. pp. 155, 156. deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue until death,... | |
 | William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - 548 pągines
...this act have been outcasted by their fellows. Manu's teaching is as follows: "Let her (the widow) emaciate her body by living voluntarily on pure flowers,...roots, and fruit ; but let her not, when her lord is * Chap. v. pp. 155, 156. deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue until death,... | |
 | Dayaran Gidumal Shahani - 1889 - 472 pągines
...with him, that— "The widow should emaciate her body by subsisting on fruits, roots, and flowers, let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man."' Moreover — " The widow who from a desire of children proves unchaste to her husband, and has unlawful... | |
 | Golapchandra Sarkar - 1891 - 512 pągines
...the mansion of her husband, must not do anything disagreeable to him, be he living or dead : let her emaciate her body, by living voluntarily on pure flowers,...name of another man : let her continue till death, 1 See Colebrooke's note to Mitakshara 1, 11, 19. * Asiatic Society's Edition, p. 464. forgiving all... | |
 | Joseph Edwin Padfield - 1896 - 366 pągines
...living or dead. Let her emaciate her body, by living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruits ; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce...continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing hard duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue... | |
 | 1914 - 666 pągines
...the mission of her husband, must do nothing unkind to him, be he living or dead." She is enjoined to emaciate her body by living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots and fruit; and when her lord is deceased she is not to pronounce the name of another man. She is enjoined to continue... | |
 | Stephen Haley Allen - 1916 - 1238 pągines
...heaven the mansion of her husband, must do nothing unkind to him, be he living or dead. 157. "Let her emaciate her body, by living voluntarily on pure flowers,...deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. 158. "Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual... | |
 | James Tod - 1920 - 1460 pągines
...onerous by the fair sex of the west, it would be considered little hardship in the east. " Let her emaciate her body, by living voluntarily on pure flowers,...deceased, even pronounce the name of another man." Again he says, " A virtuous wife ascends to heaven, if, after the decease of her lord, she devote herself... | |
 | Robert Southey - 720 pągines
...presence of the priests, will lose its dignity and consequence in the eyes of the people. The civilised world may expect soon to hear of the abolition of...when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of aiother man. Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding... | |
 | Yu-ning Li - 1992 - 294 pągines
...good qualities, yet a husband must constantly be revered as a god by a virtuous wife. 157. Let her emaciate her body, by living voluntarily on pure flowers,...deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. 161. But a widow, who, from a wish to bear children, slights her deceased husband by marrying again,... | |
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