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" It is proper for a woman, after her husband's death, to burn herself in the fire with his corpse... "
Westminster Hall, Or, Professional Relics and Anecdotes of the Bar, Bench ... - Página 135
1825
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The Youth's Companion: Or, An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1807 - 506 páginas
...and purify their souls as well аз bodies. In the code of Hindoo laws is the following passage : " It is proper for a woman, after her husband's death, to burn herself in the fire with his corpse." The number of thU people IB romputed at one bundled mil ll'iillttr. HINDOSTÁN, ntt eMeneive rmmtt-y...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volumen 8

1808 - 356 páginas
...after her husbund's death, to bum herself in the fire with his corpse : every woman who thus barns, shall remain in paradise with her husband three crore and fifty lacks of years. If she cannot, she must in that case preserve an inviolable chastity. If she remains chaste, she goes...
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Letters from an Irish student in England to his father in Ireland, Volumen 1

England - 1809 - 356 páginas
...their husbands. In the code of Gentoo laws, or ordinations of the Pundits, it is strangely enacted, " It is proper for a woman after her husband's death,...herself, shall remain in Paradise with her husband threescore and fifty lacks of years by destiny ; if she cannot burn, she must in that fsae preserve...
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The Youth's Companion: Or An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 páginas
...sins, and purify their souls as well as bodies. In the code of Hindoo laws is the following passage : " It is proper for a woman, after her husband's death, to burn herself in the fire with his corpse." The number of this people is computed at one hundred million. ...Jones, Walker. HINDOSTAN, an extensive...
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The Freethinking Christians' Magazine: Intended for the Promotion ..., Volumen 4

1814 - 632 páginas
...themselves with his dead body. The code expressly sanctions this inhuman and astonish* ing custom. 253. " It is proper for a woman, after her husband's death,...paradise with her husband three crore and fifty lacks (three millions and a half) of years." This strong recommendation and injunction from a lawgiver, believed...
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Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, Volumen 3

Herodotus - 1821 - 498 páginas
...sorrow." — The civil code of the Indians, respecting this strange sacrifice, is to this effect : " It is proper for a woman, after her husband's death, to burn herself in the fire with his corpse, unless she be with child, or that her hutband be absent, or that she cannot get his turban or his girdle,...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volumen 1

Charles Bucke - 1823 - 352 páginas
...of the sacrifice, that they had died in the temple, after falling into a soft and quiet slumber. 1 " It is proper for a woman, after her husband's death,...herself, shall remain in paradise with her husband three score and fifty lacks of years by destiny*"—Code ofGentoo Laict, p. 286, 4to. « Lib. vc 4; also...
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Fifteen Years in India; Or, Sketches of a Soldier's Life: Being an Attempt ...

Robert Grenville Wallace - 1823 - 710 páginas
...husband's happiness, and that it is their duty to die with him. " It is proper," says the Gentoo law, " for a woman, after her husband's death, to burn herself...herself shall remain in paradise with her husband three crores and fifty lacks of years by destiny. If she cannot burn, she must in that case preserve an inviolable...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volumen 4

Charles Bucke - 1823 - 474 páginas
...falling into a soft and quiet slumber. 1 " It is proper for a woman, after her husband's death, to bum herself in the fire with his corpse. Every woman,...herself, shall remain in paradise with her husband three score and fifty lacks of years by destiny." — Code of Gentoo Laws, p. 286, 4to. « Lib. vc 4 ; also...
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Vindiciae Christianae: a Comparative Estimate of the Genius and Temper of ...

Jerom Alley - 1826 - 708 páginas
...to the manes of her husband ; and in the chapter relative to women, it is expressly stated, " that it is proper for a woman, after her husband's death, to burn herself in the same fire with his corse ; and that every woman who thus burns herself shall remain in Paradise with...
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