A Comparison of the Institutions of Moses With Those of the Hindoos And Other An
A Comparison of the Institutions of Moses With Those of the Hindoos And Other An
Priestley Joseph
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Mr. Dow fays, p. 35, that this pradice was never reckoned a religious duty, as has b' en erroneoufly fuppofed in the Weft. But by this he can only mean that it is not of univerfal obligati- on. The ilricT; Hindoos certainly confider this a&ion as one of the rnoft important in all their re- ligion, the caufe of which it is faid it would be hardly right to inveftigate. (Preface to the Centco laws, p. 67. ) " It is proper, " fay thefe laws, "for a woman after her hu (band's death to burn herfelfin... the fire with his corpfe. Every woman who thus burns herfelf (hall remain in paradife with her huf- band 1 88 The Injlitutions cf Mofes and band three crore, andjifty lacks of years by defti- ny. If (he cannot burn (he muft preferve an invio- late chaftity. She then goes to paradife; other- wife to hell, " p- 253. Another powerful induce- ment to this practice is that the children of thofe who burn themfelves become illunrious, and are fometimes received into cafts fuperior to their own. (Holwell, vol.
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