Note 4 — Front matter
Reading edition
The name, par excellence, of a model Hindoo wife is patidewatá, patiwratá: i.e. she to whom her husband is a god. This epithet is the Victoria Cross, the blue ribbon of the Indian matron.
Reading edition
The name, par excellence, of a model Hindoo wife is patidewatá, patiwratá: i.e. she to whom her husband is a god. This epithet is the Victoria Cross, the blue ribbon of the Indian matron.