[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c19.40 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.40 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.40 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.40) ² He performed the Jul Sumadh, or voluntary death by water, which is not uncommon among Hindoo devotees. It is effected by placing a wooden platform upon several earthen pots, with their mouths turned down, to which the planks are fastened, and small holes are bored in the earthen vessels; the whole is placed on deep water, on some river accounted holy, and the devotee seats or ties himself on the platform, which gradually sinks with him. - [Previous: v1.c19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.39) - [Next: v1.c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.41) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.40) · Pramāṇa