 | 1846 - 664 Seiten
...greater than Shankara or Vishnu. The husband is her god, and Guru, and religion, and its services ; wherefore, abandoning everything else, she ought chiefly to worship her husband." * The devotion is not less prostrate in the case of a disciple toward his Priest. They tell a tale illustrative... | |
 | William Arthur - 1847 - 578 Seiten
...greater than Shankara or Vishtnu. The husband is her god, and guru, and religion, and its services ; wherefore, abandoning everything else, she ought chiefly to worship her husband."* The devotion is not less prostrate in the case of a disciple toward his priest. They tell a tale illustrative... | |
 | Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1876 - 152 Seiten
...for her lord to a wife is greater than Shankara or Vishnu" (the names of two of the Hindoo gods). " The husband is her god, and priest, and religion ;...everything else, she ought chiefly to worship her husband." — DR. COLIN S. VALENTINE, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church. MISSIONARY PIGS. $HEN the... | |
 | 1889 - 854 Seiten
...drink the water; for a husband is to a wife greater than Siva or Vishnu. The husband is her god, her priest, and religion ; wherefore abandoning everything else, she ought chiefly to worship her husband." IV. 35. Hindu Tales. — Professor Wilson says : " The greater number of them turn upon the wickedness... | |
 | Samuel Henry Kellogg - 1899 - 198 Seiten
...oblations wash the feet of her lord, and drink the water. . . . The husband is her god, her priest, and her religion ; wherefore, abandoning everything else, she ought chiefly to worship her husband." 3 The treatment of widows in India, even of those who are mere children, is a matter which is notorious.... | |
 | Mrs. Marcus B. Fuller - 1900 - 338 Seiten
...honors her lord, so far is she exalted in heaven.' (Manu v. 155.) 'Let a wife,' it is said in the Shanda Purana, ' who wishes to perform sacred ablution, wash...enjoined: ' let her have only that degree of affection that is necessary. Let the fullness of affection be reserved for brothers, and other similar connections.'... | |
 | Mrs. Marcus B. Fuller - 1900 - 372 Seiten
...ablution, wash the feet of her lord, and drink the water: for a husband is to a wife greater than Shanhar or Vishnu. The husband is her god, and priest, and...enjoined: ' let her have only that degree of affection that is necessary. Let the fullness of affection be reserved for brothers, and other similar connections.'... | |
 | Robert Elliott Speer - 1902 - 568 Seiten
...oblation wash the feet of her lord and drink the water. The husband is her god, her priest, and her religion ; wherefore, abandoning everything else, she ought chiefly to worship her husband." Buddhism is a direct force in promoting indolence in Buddhist lands. Every male must spend part of... | |
 | John Murdoch - 1903 - 592 Seiten
...drink the water ; for a husband is to a wife greater than Siva or Vishnu. The husband is her god, her priest, and religion ; wherefore abandoning everything else, she ought chiefly to worship her husband." IV. 35. The denial of education was the crowning device of Hinduism. So long as women were kept in... | |
 | 1902 - 1016 Seiten
...oblation wash the feet of her lord and drink the water. The husband is her god, her priest, and her religion; wherefore, abandoning everything else, she ought chiefly to worship her husband." Buddhism is a direct force in promoting indolence in Buddhist lands. Every male must spend part of... | |
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who wishes to perform sacred ablution, wash the feet of her lord, and drink the water: for a husband is to a wife greater than Shankar or Vishnu. The husband is her god, and priest, and religion : wherefore abandoning everything else, she ought chiefly... 