History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.77

v5.c72.77

⁴⁷² X 18 7. This verse was employed in the procedure of widow burning (*satī* or sahamaraṇa or anugamana) by medieval and later writers. Some of them read 'agneḥ' or 'agne' for 'agre'. But even without this change Aparārka (p. 111) and others rely for the practice of *satī* on this verse. For a discussion on this verse and the next, the different readings in the old texts, the different theories built upon these and the practice of widow-burning, vide H. of Dh. vol. II pp. 617-619 and pp. 625-635.