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Satī (Devanagari: सती , the feminine of sat "true"; also called suttee ) is a funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recently widowed woman would either voluntarily or by use ...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on suttee (Hindu custom), the Indian custom of a widow burning herself, either on the funeral pyre of her dead husband or in some other fashion, soon after his death. Although never widely practiced, suttee was the ideal of certain Brahman and royal castes. ... Numerous suttee stones,
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Get information, facts, and pictures about suttee at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about suttee easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary. ... suttee [Skt. sati =faithful wife], former Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband...
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Definition of suttee from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Etymology: Hindi satī wife who performs suttee, from Sanskrit, devoted woman, from feminine of sat true, good; akin to Old English sōth true — more at sooth...
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Sati or Suttee refers to an age-old custom of burning alive, a newly widowed woman, be she old or young, after her husband's death. The practice is commonly thought to be based upon the legend of the Hindu goddess Sati who threw herself, in her grief, to die upon her husband's funeral pyre.
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Hawkers in the city's crowded bazaar are peddling ballads and poems extolling the virtues of suttee, the accepted name for the widow's sacrifice. In Jodhpur's homes, emotional wives worship before cheap lithographs showing a noble Sugan Kunwar, cradling the head of her dead husband in her lap as flames consume them both...
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suttee also sati ( ) n. The now illegal act or practice of a Hindu widow's cremating herself on her husband's funeral pyre in order to fulfill her ... [Sanskrit satī, virtuous woman, suttee, from feminine present participle of asti, s-, she is, is true.]
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What's the deal with suttee? For years I've been hearing that in India, widows are routinely thrown on funeral pyres alive. Is this just propaganda? And if not, is it just unpopular widows that it happens to? Since most men die before women, do all children burn their mom alive as a matter of course?
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Glossary of Religion and Philosophy - suttee: what is theism funeral pyre common misspellings british authorities monolatry ... Definition: Suttee is the practice of widows throwing themselves onto the funeral pyre of their recently deceased husband. British authorities worked vigorously to eliminate this religious...
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