... 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... Institutes of Hindu Law, Or, The Ordinances of Menu [i.e., Manu]: According ... - Page 114by Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - 1869 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Robert Malthus - Malthusianism - 1809 - 576 pages
...early youth, and having " left no issue in their families, have ascended " nevertheless to heaven." " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous " wife ascends...child, " if after the decease of her lord she devote hcr" self to pious austerity." ' The permission to a brother or other kinsman to raise up an heir for... | |
| Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pages
...early youth, and having " left no issue in their families, have ascended " nevertheless to heaven." " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous " wife ascends...child, " if after the decease of her lord she devote her" self to pious austerity." ' The permission to a brother or other kinsman to raise up an heir for... | |
| Robert Southey - Poetry - 1811 - 282 pages
...their early youth, and having left no issue in their families, have ascended nevertheless to heaven ; and, like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends...of her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity : but a widow, who, from a wish to bear children, slights her deceased husband by marrying again, brings... | |
| Robert Southey - 1812 - 278 pages
...their early youth, and having left no issue in their families, have ascended nevertheless to heaven; and, like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends...though she have no child, if, after the decease of her lord,'she devote herself to pious austerity : but a widow, whp, from a wish to bear children, slights... | |
| Thomas Robert Malthus - Birth control - 1817 - 524 pages
...though * Sir William Jones's Works, vol. iii. c. ii. p. 96. • " she Ch. xi. Indost an and Tibet. " she have no child, if after the decease of " her lord she devote herself to pious au" sterityV '.., •,/./.-; The permission to a brother or other kinsman to raise up an heir for the... | |
| Robert Southey - 1818 - 290 pages
...their early youth, and having left no issue in their families, have ascended nevertheless to heaven ; and, like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends...of her lord;, she devote herself to pious austerity : but a widow, who, from a wish to bear children, slights her deceased husband by marrying again, brings... | |
| Christianity - 1824 - 782 pages
...virtue which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one only husband." And then adds, " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends...her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity." From this it is clear that there is a diversity of opinion in Hindoo law on this subject, the 6rst... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 590 pages
...of Menu, and other ancient legislators revered by the Hindoos ; on the contrary, Menu declares that a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have...her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity." And it is declared by Vrehasputy, " whether she ascend the pile or survive for the benefit of her husband,... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 782 pages
...virtue which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one only husband." And then adds, " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have ao child, if, after the decease of her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity." From this it is... | |
| Manu (Lawgiver) - Brahmans - 1825 - 488 pages
...been followed by such women, ' as were devoted to one only husband. 159. ' Many thousands of Brdhmens, having avoided ' sensuality from their early youth,...austerity : . 161. ' But a widow, who, from a wish to bear chil' dren, slights her deceased husband by marrying ' again, brings disgrace on herself here below,... | |
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