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2ZO ON THE DUTIES* 



<c The use of Tanwula, dress,- and feeding off ves- 

 e<f sels of tutenague is* forbidden to the Yatl (/), the 

 * s Brahmachar), and the widow, 



Prache'tas. 



<c The widow shall never exceed one meal a dav, 

 '" nor sleep on a bed : if she do so, her husband falls 

 <K from Swarga* 



She shall eat no other than simple food, and 



(m) shall daily offer the tarpana of ctsa, tihi> 

 * c and water (;;). 



46 In Waisa ' cha, Ca'rf/ca, and Ma'gha she shall ex- 

 ** ceed the usual duties of ablution, alms, and pilgri- 

 46 mage, and often use the name of God in prayer." 



The Smrifu 



After undertaking the duty of a Sat'i, should 

 the widow recede, she incurs the penalties of 

 defilement. 



16 If the woman, -regretting life, recede from the 

 ct pile, she is defiled $ but maybe purified by ob- 

 " serving the fast called Prajhpatya" (o). 



Apastamba. 



Though an alternative be allowed, the Hindu le- 

 gislators have shown themselves disposed to encou- 

 rage widows to burn themselves with their husband's 

 corpse. 



(/) Satiny a si. 



(m) If she has no male descendants. See MaJana Parijata, 



{n) Oblations for the manes of ancestors to the third degree, 

 though not exclusively; for the prayer includes a general petition 

 for remoter ancestors. Yet daily oblations (Fais'vhUva) are sepa- 

 rately offered for ancestors beyond the third degree. 



[o) It extends to twelve days ; the first three, a spare meal may 

 be taken once in each day ; the next three, once in each night ; the 

 succeeding tnree days, nothing may be eaten but what is given 

 unsolicited.; and the hit three days area rigid fast. 



Ha'ri'ta 



