10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUTTEEISM»
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1
Eight historical dissertations in suicide, chiefly in ...
Other noteworthy hypotheses on the original cause of Sutteeism I have not
become familiar with ; for, of course, when e. g. Halhed J) informs us that „the
Bramins seem to look upon this sacrifice as one of the first principles of their
religion, the ...
Henry Gabriel Migault, 1856
2
Social Life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their ...
Chinese sutteeism differs from India sutteeism in that it is never performed by
burning. The manner of doing it is various. Some take opium, and lie down and
die by the side of the corpse of their husband. Others commit suicide by starving ...
3
Social Life of the Chinese a Daguerrotype of Daily Life in ...
SUTTEEISM BY STRANGLING. 77 Some widows, on the death of their husbands
, resolve not to survive them, and proceed to take their own lives. Chinese
sutteeism differs from Indian sutteeism in that it islnever performed by burning.
Justus Doolittle, Paxton Hood, 1868
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The Religious System of China: book I. Disposal of the dead
exercised still greater influence, by continually holding up Sutteeism to public
admiration by noting down many hundreds and hundreds of cases in the so-
called » Memoirs" 1, which are separate accounts for each province, department
or ...
Jan Jakob Maria Groot, 1894
5
Social Life of the Chinese ... Edited and revised by the ...
SUTTEEISM BY STRANGLING. 77 Some widows, on the death of their husbands
, resolve not to survive them, and proceed to take their own lives. Chinese
mtteeism differs from Indian sutteeism in that it is never performed by burning.
Justus Doolittle, Edwin Paxton HOOD, 1868
6
Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition
S. Mukerji. by Ghostly hands do not hit anybody. In fact the whole brick that came
and stood on edge within 3 inches of my toe would have hurt me if it had only
toppled over. * It is known to most of the readers that Sutteeism was the practice
of ...
Sutteeism is regarded, and rightly regarded, by every enlightened European as a
barbarous and inhuman practice which every Hindu ought to be ashamed of. But
the fact is that no Hindu, unless he is only so in name, while in fact he is a ...
8
Life and Travel in India: Being Recollections of a Journey ...
Being Recollections of a Journey Before the Days of Railroads Anna Harriette
Leonowens. HINDOO PRACTICE OF SUTTEEISM. 203 several persons from the
fire, rushed into the flames to save a young woman seated calmly by a dying man
, ...
Anna Harriette Leonowens, 1884
9
The Religious System of China
How to revive those who have hanged themselves, 217. S. Sutteeism. Summer,
identified with the South, 316, 967. Sun, moon and stars as coffin decorations,
317. Imperial Altar for its worship, 787. Sutras, the sacred books of the Buddhists,
...
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27 Favorite Horror- Dracula House of Varney Vikram and the ...
It is knownto mostof the readersthat Sutteeism was the practice of burning the
widowsonthe funeral pyreoftheir dead husbands. This practice was prevalent
inBengal downto the year1828 whena law forbidding the aiding andabetting of ...
Bram Stoker, John William Polidori, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
