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⁴ See, e.g., Hiralal's List, p. 46 (No. 78), p. 53 (No. 95), etc. In many cases, the inscriptions on the pillars record both the death of a hero and the self-immolation of his widow (cf. ibid., p. 49, No 83). The satī-stones are called māsti (mahāsati) in Kannada (A. R. Ep., 1951-52, Nos. B69-70, 85); cf. Gujarātī paliyā.