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" Brahmins are there who marry ten or fifteen wives for the sake of money, that never see the greater number of them after the day of marriage, and visit others only three or four times in the course of their life. "
Translation of Several Principal Books, Passages and Texts of the Veds, and ... - Page 239
by Rammohun Roy (Raja) - 1832 - 282 pages
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Life in Ancient India

Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - Brahmanism - 1856 - 526 pages
...behold the consequence: " many Kooliu Brahmaus marry ten or fifteen wives for the sake of money, and never see the greater number of them after the day of marriage." They wash, scour, and cook by night and by day, and " are treated worse than the inferior animals;"...
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Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the Years 1784 [-1823 Inclusive ...

1869 - 698 pages
...what contempt, and what afflictions their virtue enables them to support ! How many Koolcen Brahmuns are there who marry ten or fifteen wives for the sake...distress, continue to preserve their virtue. And when Brahmuns or those of other tribes bring their wives to live with them, what misery do the women not...
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The English Works of Raja Ram Mohun Roy, Volume 1

Rammohun Roy (Raja) - Brahma-samaj - 1885 - 536 pages
...what contempt, and what afflictions their virtue enables them to support ! How many Kooleen Brahmuns are there who marry ten or fifteen wives for the sake...distress, continue to preserve their virtue ; and when Brahmuus, or those of other tribes, bring their wives to live with them, what misery do the women not...
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The English Works of Raja Rammohun Roy: With an English Translation of ...

Rammohun Roy (Raja) - Brahma-samaj - 1906 - 1062 pages
...what contempt, and what afflictions their virtue enables them to support ! How many Kulin Brahmans are there who marry ten or fifteen wives for the sake...that never see the greater number of them .after the clay of marriage, and visit others only three or four times in the course of their life. Still amongst...
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The English Works of Raja Rammohun Roy: With an English Translation of ...

Rammohun Roy (Raja) - Brahma-samaj - 1906 - 1042 pages
...what contempt, and what afflictions their virtue enables them to support ! How many Kulin Brahmans are there who marry ten or fifteen wives for the sake of money, that never see the greater number oi them .after the day of marriage, and visit others only three or four times in the course of their...
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Raja Ram Mohun Roy

R. N. Samaddar - 1911 - 250 pages
...slighting, what contempt, and what afflictions their virtue enables them to support ! How many Coolin Brahmins are there who marry ten or fifteen wives...distress, continue to preserve their virtue ; and when Brahmins, or those of other tribes, bring their wives to live with them, what misery do the women not...
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The Life and Letters of Raja Rammohun Roy

Sophia Dobson Collet - 1914 - 374 pages
...slighting, what contempt, and what afflictions their virtue enables them to support ! How many Kulin Brahmins are there who marry ten or fifteen wives...the course of their life. Still amongst those women, raost, even without seeing or receiving any support from their husbands, living dependent on their...
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The Renaissance in India: Its Missionary Aspect

Charles Freer Andrews - Christianity and other religions - 1914 - 396 pages
...slighting, what contempt and afflictions their virtue enables them to support. How many Kulin Brahmans are there who marry ten or fifteen wives for the sake of their money ? They never see the greater number of them after the day of their marriage. Still, amongst...
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History of the Brahmo Samaj, Volume 1

Sibnath Sastri - Brahma-samaj - 1919 - 420 pages
...slighting, what contempt, and what afflictions their virtue enable them to support ! How many Kulin Brahmins are there •who marry ten or fifteen wives...receiving any support from their husbands, living dependant on their fathers or brothers, and suffering much distress, continue to preserve their virtue...
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Contributions to Asian Studies: 1977

Social Science - 1977 - 172 pages
...the high caste Kulin Brahmins of Bengal would "marry ten or fifteen wives for the sake of money and never see the greater number of them after the day...only three or four times in the course of their life" (Chatterjee, 1918: 9). The death of a Kulin Brahmin could beg a large number of widows and/or Satis....
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