oorcha

Updated: May 3, 2025

The rajah of Oorcha declares, that "no subject of his state shall in future be permitted to become a suttee, though according to the Shasters, it is no doubt very meritorious for a widow to die of grief for the death of her husband."

Dr. John Scudder - Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.