The word, in common usage, is transferred to the sacrifice of the woman.
2.

The women of Bundelkhand wear the same costume, a full loin-cloth, as those of the Jubbulpore district.

North of the Jumna an ordinary petticoat is generally worn.
3.

Suttee was prohibited during the administration of Lord William Bentinck by the Bengal Regulation xvii, dated 4th December, 1829, extended in 1830 to Madras and Bombay.

The advocates of the practice unsuccessfully appealed to the Privy Council.