 | James Mill - Hindus - 1817 - 688 pages
...recommending indulgence and humanity in favour of the weaker sex. " Married women," says the law of Menu, " must be honoured and adorned by their fathers and...their husbands, if they seek abundant prosperity. Where female relations are made miserable, the family of him, who makes them so, very soon wholly perishes."f... | |
 | Manu (Lawgiver) - Hindu law - 1825 - 490 pages
...this is untrue; a bribe indeed, whether ' large or small, is an actual sale of the daughter. 54. * When money or goods are given to damsels, ' whose...their husbands, if they seek ' abundant prosperity : K 2 56. ' WhereCHAP. 56. ' Where females are honoured, there the deities Hi- ' are pleased ; but... | |
 | Asia - 1828 - 1102 pages
...some passages from this part of the present chapter, which have at least some redeeming merits : " Married women must be honoured and adorned by their...their husbands, if they seek abundant prosperity. Where females are honoured, there the deities are pleased ; but where they are dishonoured, there all... | |
 | Asia - 1828 - 878 pages
...some passages from this part of the present chapter, which have at least some redeeming merits : " Married women must be honoured and adorned by their...their husbands, if they seek abundant prosperity. Where females are honoured, there the deities are pleased ; but where they are dishonoured, there all... | |
 | Geography - 1834 - 444 pages
...women " receive," says the Abbe", " the highest respect in public !" "Married women," says Menu, " must be honoured and adorned by their fathers and...their husbands, if they seek abundant prosperity. Where females are honoured, there the deities are pleased, but where they are dishonoured, there all... | |
 | Hindus - Hindus - 1834 - 444 pages
...women " receive," says the Abbe", " the highest respect in public !" " Married women," says Menu, " must be honoured and adorned by their fathers and...their husbands, if they seek abundant prosperity. Where females are honoured, there the deities are pleased, but where they are dishonoured, there all... | |
 | Geography - 1834 - 472 pages
...women " receive," says the Abbe", " the highest respect in public !" "Married women," says Menu, " must be honoured and adorned by their fathers and...and by the brethren of their husbands, if they seek abundantprosperity. Where females are honoured, there the deities are pleased, but where they are dishonoured,... | |
 | English poetry - 1835 - 164 pages
...paraphrase. p. 54. 1. 15. To the unadorned a husband.] " Married women must he honoured and adorned hy their fathers and brethren, by their husbands, and...their husbands, if they seek abundant prosperity." MENU, iii, 55. p. 54. 1. 22. — the moon's bride.] Rohinia. The moon, as in the northern mythologies,... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - Sanskrit poetry - 1840 - 374 pages
...have here and there used the license of a paraphrase. P. 254, 1. 17. To the unadorned, a husband.] " Married women must be honoured and adorned by their...their husbands, if they seek abundant prosperity." MENU, iii, 55. P. 254, 1. 24.— the moon's bride.'] Rohinia. The moon, as in the northern mythologies,... | |
 | India - 1861 - 448 pages
...affliction.' Even the Institutes of the ancient lawgiver contain the following admirable sentiments. — ' Married women ' must be honoured and adorned by their...their husbands, if they ' seek abundant prosperity ; where females are honoured, there the ' deities are pleased ; but if they are dishonoured there all... | |
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When money or goods are given to damsels, whose kinsmen receive them not for their own use, it is no sale : it is merely a token of courtesy and affection to the brides. 55. Married women must be honoured and adorned by their fathers and brethren, by... 
