 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1832 - 634 pages
...assembled multitudes shouted " Khaman ! Khaman ! well done ! well done !" The pile flamed like a volcano ; the faithful queens laved their bodies in the flames, as do the celestials in the lake of Mansurwar. The gods above exclaimed " Dhun, Dhun Ajit ! who maintained the faith, and overwhelmed the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Religions - 1834 - 562 pages
...Amiuee. of these tragedies ever acted in India, was on occasion of the untimely death of Ajit, one of the most distinguished princes of Marwar, described by...veneration in which their conduct is mentioned, and of the honor it is supposed to confer both on themselves and their deceased spouse. What renders this practice... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Church history - 1845 - 534 pages
...went " radiant as the sun, dispensing charity like falling rain," and threw themselves together on,one mighty pile, which soon blazed to the skies, and,...writers, " the faithful queens laved their bodies in the flame!?, as do the celestials in the lake of Manasawara." It is painful to peruse the expressions of... | |
 | Anonymous - History - 1832 - 612 pages
...assembled multitudes shouted '' Khaman ! Khaman ! well done ! well done !" The pile flamed like a volcano ; the faithful queens laved their bodies in the flames, as do the celestials in the lake of Mansurwar. The gods above exclaimed " Dhun, Dhun Ajit ! who maintained the faith, and overwhelmed the... | |
 | Thomas Timpson - Missionaries, British - 1841 - 368 pages
...Fifty-eight queens, 'the curtain wives of affection,' determined to offer themselves a sacrifice to Agui, exclaiming, ' The world we will abandon, but never...in the flames, as do the celestials in the lake of Mansa-wara.' It is painful to peruse the expressions of applause and veneration in which their conduct... | |
 | India - 1854 - 786 pages
...assembled multitudes shouted Khaman ! Khaman I— well done ! well done ! The pile flamed like a volcano. The faithful queens laved their bodies in the flames, as do the celestials in the lake of Mansurwar (sacred lake in Himalaya). They sacrificed their bodies to their lords, and illustrated the... | |
 | James Tod - India - 1873 - 798 pages
...assembled multitudes shouted Kkaman ! Kluiman I ' well done ! well done !' The pile flamed like a volcano ; the faithful queens laved their bodies in the flames, as do the celestials in the lake of Mansurwar.^ They .sacrificed their bodies to their lord, and illustrated the races whence they sprung.... | |
 | Val Cameron Prinsep - India - 1879 - 448 pages
...pile flamed * The Queens of Heaven. t Khrishna, the Intercedcr. J The Hindoo Juno. like a volcano. The faithful Queens laved their bodies in the flames, as do the Celestials in the Lake of Mansurwar. They sacrificed their bodies to their lord, and rendered illustrious the races whence they... | |
 | C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - India - 1903 - 462 pages
...assembled multitude shouted, 'Khaman! Khaman!' (Well done! Well done!) "The pile flamed like a volcano ; the faithful Queens laved their bodies in the flames, as do the celestials in the lake Mansurwar.2 They sacrificed their bodies to their lord, and illustrated the race whence they sprang."... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - India - 1903 - 380 pages
...assembled multitudes shouted Khaman, Khaman (well done, well done). The pile flamed like a volcano ; the faithful queens laved their bodies in the flames, as do the celestials in the lake Mansurwar* They sacrificed their bodies to their lord, and illustrated the race whence they sprang."... | |
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The pile flamed like a volcano ; the faithful queens laved their bodies in the flames, as do the celestials in the lake of Mansv/rwar.\ They sacrificed their bodies to their lord, and illustrated the races whence they sprung. The gods above exclaimed,... 
