Several European officers defended the custom.

A well-written account of the suttee legislation is given in Mr.D.Boulger's work on Lord William Bentinck in the 'Rulers of India' series.
4.

Whenever it is practicable, Hindoos are placed on the banks of sacred rivers to die, especially in Bengal.
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For explanation of this phrase, see the following story of the Lodhi woman, following note [14], in this chapter.

The name is abnormal.