Sati: Historical and Phenomenological Essays

A.S. Altekar abolished abolition of sati act of sati admiration Angiras Asia Publishing House attitude auspicious Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bāņa Bengal Bhagavadgită Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bombay brāhmaṇa widows Brahmin British India British Raj burnt Calcutta century A.D. Clarendon Press commit sati condemnation Coomaraswamy cremation custom dead husband Delhi Dharma Dharmaśāstra Edward Thompson essay European funeral pyre Government heaven Hindoos Hindu widow Hinduism History of India husband's death Ibid immolation India New York Indra Lord William Bentinck Mahābhārata Marshman Motilal Banarsidass Muslims N.M. Penzer native orthodox P.V. Kane Pandurang Vaman Kane Percival Spear practice of sati proleptic model quoted R.C. Majumdar Raja Rammohun Roy reaction to sati referred reform religion religious remarks role Roy's Sanskrit śāstras sati rite Satīdāha seems Smṛti social Sophia Dobson Collet śruti Suttee tapas tradition Veda Vedic verse vide Western widow-burning widowhood wife William Carey wives woman women word sati yoga yogi