Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . the Ramabai Association was formed in Boston inDecember, 1887, which pledged her a stipulated support for ten returned to Bombay, and founded the Sharada Sadan, or Widows 1 Quoted in The Indian Social Reformer, August 30, 1896, p. 408. 2 The leading lawgivers of old times, and the great epics Ramayana andMahabharata, make no mention of it [shaving the head in mourning] in the manydetailed accounts they give of funeral obsequies and subsequent mournings. Onthe contrary, they describe widows with disheve
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . the Ramabai Association was formed in Boston inDecember, 1887, which pledged her a stipulated support for ten returned to Bombay, and founded the Sharada Sadan, or Widows 1 Quoted in The Indian Social Reformer, August 30, 1896, p. 408. 2 The leading lawgivers of old times, and the great epics Ramayana andMahabharata, make no mention of it [shaving the head in mourning] in the manydetailed accounts they give of funeral obsequies and subsequent mournings. Onthe contrary, they describe widows with dishevelled hair. Down to the times ofBuddhism we find no trace of the practice. The earlier lawgivers allow widows aremarriage.—Article from The Indian Spectator, quoted in The Indian SocialReformer, May 16, 1897, p. 295. 3 For a sketch of her life, consult Chapman, Sketches of Some DistinguishedIndian Women, pp. 26-47; Satthianadhan, Sketches of Indian Christians,pp. 220-227; The Missionary Review of the World, September, 1897, pp. 669-674;The Outlook, May 29, 1897, pp. 243,
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