<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Mar 2 2009, 04:14 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Mar 2 2009, 04:14 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Somadeva quoted the particular example of the Queen Mother committing Sati when her son Visujitamalla of Nepal was killed in Samvat 878.
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There was another interesting mention in nepAla rAja vaMshAvalI of (avoidance of) satI of a certain lichcHavI(? or malla) queen. Her husband died in mid of a performance of a certain vedic rite. When she decided to perform satI, her sons, other relatives, and ministers tried to dissuade her from it. She laid a condition upon the yuvarAjan that he should set out with the army immediately and within a certain days conquer the whole of nepAla, subdue all the rivals and comeback to complete the yaj~na his father had started, failing which she would proceed to do a belated-satI. The yuvarAjan accomplished the feat and the queen-mother lived. I miss the names.
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There was another interesting mention in nepAla rAja vaMshAvalI of (avoidance of) satI of a certain lichcHavI(? or malla) queen. Her husband died in mid of a performance of a certain vedic rite. When she decided to perform satI, her sons, other relatives, and ministers tried to dissuade her from it. She laid a condition upon the yuvarAjan that he should set out with the army immediately and within a certain days conquer the whole of nepAla, subdue all the rivals and comeback to complete the yaj~na his father had started, failing which she would proceed to do a belated-satI. The yuvarAjan accomplished the feat and the queen-mother lived. I miss the names.