 Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women, as were devoted to one only husband.  The Oriental Herald - Page 1761824Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1888 - 782 pages
...performing harsh duties, avoiding every pleasure, and cheerfully practicing the incomparable rules which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one husband." A man is anxious to have sons because no one but a son can light the funeral pile and perform... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus, George Thomas Bettany - 1890 - 714 pages
...Id. vol. iii. c. ii. p. 96. « Id. cvp 221. ' Id. c. ix. p. 343. Ch. xi. Indostan and Tibet. 107 " duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising "the incomparable rules of virtue." ' Besides these strict precepts relating to the government of the passions, other circumstances would... | |
 | Pramatha Nath Bose - 1894 - 354 pages
...living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruits; but let her not when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue...and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtues which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one only husband. "J This passage... | |
 | Pramatha Nath Bose - 1894 - 346 pages
...name of another man, let her co ntinue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh dut ies, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising...by such women as were devoted to one only husband. "t There are however, passages which show that widow-marriages still took place J and it is probably... | |
 | Joseph Edwin Padfield - 1896 - 366 pages
...pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing hard duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully...been followed by such women as were devoted to one husband. A virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have no child, if, after the decease of her... | |
 | Joseph Edwin Padfield - 1896 - 366 pages
...living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruits ; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing hard duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue... | |
 | Rammohun Roy (Raja) - 1906 - 1024 pages
...in plain terms enjoins a widow to " continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing austere duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully...have been followed by such women as were devoted to *The administration to which this distinguished merit is due, consisted of Lord WC Bentinck, Governor-General,... | |
 | Rammohun Roy (Raja) - 1906 - 1042 pages
...in plain terms enjoins a widow to " continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing austere duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully...incomparable rules of virtue which have been followed by.snch women as were devoted to . administration to which this distinguished merit is due, consisted... | |
 | Sir Gooroodass Banerjee - 1913 - 528 pages
...living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots, and fruit ; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of another man. "Let her continue...and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of vi: tue which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one only husband." (V. 156—158.)... | |
 | Sophia Dobson Collet - 1914 - 374 pages
...as an ascetic, and should " continue till death forgiving all injuries " (a significant hint !), " performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure,...by such women as were devoted to one only husband." Other high authorities are quoted in confirmation of this view. By this process of argument the " Opponent... | |
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