The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 5John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1932 - Great Britain |
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Page 132
... sati ; and other passages in Cole- brooke's translation of the digest of Hindu law , which was compiled under the superintendence of Sir William Jones , declare that the sati enjoys delight with her husband for thirty - five million ...
... sati ; and other passages in Cole- brooke's translation of the digest of Hindu law , which was compiled under the superintendence of Sir William Jones , declare that the sati enjoys delight with her husband for thirty - five million ...
Page 133
... sati , and when dissuasion was successful , subsistence allowances might be granted to the widows . A Bombay regulation even legalised sati , declaring that assistance at rites of self - immolation was not murder . But the centre of ...
... sati , and when dissuasion was successful , subsistence allowances might be granted to the widows . A Bombay regulation even legalised sati , declaring that assistance at rites of self - immolation was not murder . But the centre of ...
Page 139
... sati by their circular orders , had thrown the ideas of the Hindus on the subject into complete confusion . They knew not what was allowed and what was interdicted , and would only believe that we abhorred sati when we prohibited it in ...
... sati by their circular orders , had thrown the ideas of the Hindus on the subject into complete confusion . They knew not what was allowed and what was interdicted , and would only believe that we abhorred sati when we prohibited it in ...
Contents
ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT 18181858 | 1 |
The law member | 7 |
Relations of the Company and the board | 13 |
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