Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c16.20

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The only true case of satī is found in a very recent part, where the four wives of Vāsudeva: Devakī, Bhadrā, Rohiṇī, and Madirā mount onto the pyre with his dead body (xvi, 7.18, 24). On the other hand, Rukmiṇī, the well-beloved, Gāndhārī, Çaibyā, Haimavatī, and Jāmbavatī, five of