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102 THE HINDOO ]V{YTHOLOGY.
wished to escape; but her son, perceiving this, pushed her
into the fire, which had been kindled on the sloping bank
of the river, and the poor woman, to save herself, caught
hold of another woman, a wife also of the deceased, and
pulled her into the fire, where they both perished.
'About the year 1/89, ftbhuyu-churunu, a bramhun, saw
four women burnt with Ramu-kantu, a kooleenu bramhun,
at Vasu-diiroonee, near Kalee-ghatu. Three of these wo-
men were already surrounded by the flames when the fourth
arrived. She insisted on being burnt with them: accord-
ingly, after going rapidly through the preparatory cere-
monies, (the bramhuns in the mean time bringing a large
quantity of combustible materials,) some fresh wood was
laid near the fire already kindled, upon which this infatuat-
ed female threw herself. In a moment faggots, oil, pitch,
&c. were thrown upon her, and, amidst the shouts of the
mob, she expired.
Ramii-Huree, a bramhun, had three wives living at
Khurudiih, near Calcutta, at the time of his death, about
the year 1802. One of them was deranged; with another
he had never cohabited, and by the other he had one son.
The latter had agreed with her husband, that, whenever he
should die, she would burn with him ; and he promised her,
that if he died At Patna, where his employer lived, the body
should be sent down to Khuruduh. This woman touched
her husband's body at the time of this agreement, as a
solemn ratificationh of what she said'. After some time
k The Hindoos also make oath while teaching one of the shastrus, or
the shalgramu,or a cow, or fire, or the tooliisee, or a roodrakshtt string of
beads, or rice. When made before a bramhun, or in a temple, or by lay-
ing the hand on the head of a son, an oath is ratified.
1 The Hindoos relate a number of stories respecting women who pro-
mised their husbands to burn with them, but afterwards shrank from the
wished to escape; but her son, perceiving this, pushed her
into the fire, which had been kindled on the sloping bank
of the river, and the poor woman, to save herself, caught
hold of another woman, a wife also of the deceased, and
pulled her into the fire, where they both perished.
'About the year 1/89, ftbhuyu-churunu, a bramhun, saw
four women burnt with Ramu-kantu, a kooleenu bramhun,
at Vasu-diiroonee, near Kalee-ghatu. Three of these wo-
men were already surrounded by the flames when the fourth
arrived. She insisted on being burnt with them: accord-
ingly, after going rapidly through the preparatory cere-
monies, (the bramhuns in the mean time bringing a large
quantity of combustible materials,) some fresh wood was
laid near the fire already kindled, upon which this infatuat-
ed female threw herself. In a moment faggots, oil, pitch,
&c. were thrown upon her, and, amidst the shouts of the
mob, she expired.
Ramii-Huree, a bramhun, had three wives living at
Khurudiih, near Calcutta, at the time of his death, about
the year 1802. One of them was deranged; with another
he had never cohabited, and by the other he had one son.
The latter had agreed with her husband, that, whenever he
should die, she would burn with him ; and he promised her,
that if he died At Patna, where his employer lived, the body
should be sent down to Khuruduh. This woman touched
her husband's body at the time of this agreement, as a
solemn ratificationh of what she said'. After some time
k The Hindoos also make oath while teaching one of the shastrus, or
the shalgramu,or a cow, or fire, or the tooliisee, or a roodrakshtt string of
beads, or rice. When made before a bramhun, or in a temple, or by lay-
ing the hand on the head of a son, an oath is ratified.
1 The Hindoos relate a number of stories respecting women who pro-
mised their husbands to burn with them, but afterwards shrank from the