Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 232
is moreunhappy than ever. Allher ornaments and beauti-ful clothing are taken fromher, and only a poor, coarse, §brown robe is left; her black 8ghair is shorn off, and thetali—answering to our mar-riage-ring—is taken fromher. Henceforth, if she live, Ishe must practice the sever-est penance. Often,… … HINDU WOMAN. CHAPTER XII. HINDU TEMPLES, IDOLS AND WORSHIP. A thousand pilgrims strainArm, shoulder, breast and thigh, with might and main, To drag that sacred wain,And scarce can draw the enormous load,Prone fall the frantic votaries in its road, And calling on the god,Their self-devoted bodies…
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