...early youth, and having left no ' issue in their families, have ascended, nevertheless, ' to heaven ; p 160. ' And, like those abstemious men, a virtuous...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,...

...women who were devoted to only one husband." He further adds, " That then she may expect to ascend to heaven, though she have no child, if after the...of her lord she devote herself to pious austerity." I do not know any passage from their sacred writings where Suttees are positively commanded, but in...

...early youth, and having " left no issue in their families, have ascended " nevertheless to Heaven." ." And like those abstemious men, a virtuous " wife ascends...her lord she devote " herself to pious austerity.* The permission to a brother or other kinsman to raise up an heir for the deceased husband, which has...

...early youth, and having " left no issue in their families, have ascended " nevertheless to Heaven." " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous " wife ascends to Heaven though she have no * Sir William Jones's Works, vol. iii. c. ix. p. 343. t Id. vol. iii. c. ii. p. 96. " child, if after...

...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,...

...below, and shall be excluded from the seat of her lord. Like those abstemious men (unmarried brahmuns) a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have...her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity."* The duty of Hindoo widows is evidently a life of austere devotion till death, and the custom of Suttee...

...youth, and having left no issue in their families, have ascended nevertheless to heaven ; and, tike those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends to heaven,...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...

...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,...

...below, and shall be excluded from the seat of her lord. Like those abstemious men (unmarried Brahmuns) a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have...her lord she devote herself to pious austerity."* The duty of Hindoo widows is evidently a life of austere devotion till death, and the custom of Suttee...

...sanction 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...the decease of her lord she devote herself to pious austerity.-f- The texts of Yama and Catyayana, quoted in the Vivada fthangarnana (digest of Hindoo...