 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 Shankara or Vishnu. The husband is her god, and guru, and religion, and its services ; wherefore, abandoning everything else,...  Life in India - Page 104by Caleb Wright - 1854 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arminianism - 1846 - 664 pages
...completely this is the case with the husband, the following extract will sufficiently show : — " Let the wife 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 Shankara or Vishnu. The husband is her god, and Guru, and religion,... | |
 | Hollis Read - 1836 - 304 pages
...show that female degradation is, in the first instance, chargeable, as I have said, on Hindooism. " The supreme duty of a wife is to obey the mandate...wash the feet of her lord, and drink the water ; for a husband is to a wife greater than Shunuru, or Vishnop. Her husband is her god and gooroo, and religion... | |
 | John Wilson - Missionaries - 1844 - 656 pages
...reserved for brothers, and other similar connections."! " Let a wife," it is said in the Skanda Purana, " 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 Shankara (Shiva) or Vishnu. The husband is her god,... | |
 | Sendal Barnes Munger - Christianity and other religions - 1845 - 386 pages
...the death, or the more accumulated sorrows of the wife. It is written in the Hindu Scriptures—Let a wife 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 and Vishnu. The husband is her god, and priest, and religion,... | |
 | William Arthur - Hinduism - 1847 - 578 pages
...pronounced inseparable from her nature ! " Let the wife," says the Skanda Purana, quoted by Dr. Wilson, " 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 Shankara or Vishnu. The husband is her god, and guru, and religion,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1847 - 672 pages
...pronounced inseparable from her nature ! " Let the wife," says the Skanda Purdtia, quoted by Dr. Wilson, " 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 Shankara or Vishtnu. The husband is her god, and guru, and religion,... | |
 | 1848 - 530 pages
...inseparable from her nature ! " Let the wife," says the " Skanda Purâna," quoted by Dr. Wilson, " 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 Shankara or Vishtnu. The husband is her god, and guru, and religion,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1849 - 518 pages
...within her all due sense of personal responsibility. " Let a wife," it is said in the Skanda Purana, " 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 Shankara or Vishnu. The husband is her god, and priest, and religion... | |
 | London missionary society - 1853 - 598 pages
...two extracts from their sacred writings will give an idea of the manner in which she is treated. " Let the wife 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 Shankara or Vishnu. The husband is her god, and her guru (that... | |
 | Harvey Newcomb - Missions - 1854 - 874 pages
...principles of the Hindoo scriptures. According to them, " the supreme duty of the wife is to obey the husband. Let the wife, who wishes to perform sacred...lord, and drink the water ; for the husband is to a wife greater than Shunura or Vishnoo. Her husband is her god and gooroo, (teacher,) and religion... | |
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