Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.689

c7.689

In certain cases, particularly if the widow is pregnant or has a little child she could not be Satī. The Mit. l.c. also quotes a text which opposes the Satī in general of Brahman widows and declares it to be suicide which brings to heaven neither the widow nor her husband. Yet however this text, in a piece with another, should be taken to deal with the Anumaraṇa of Brahman widows alone. Also some commentators, such as Medhātithi on M. 5,157, and Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa are opposed to Satī.