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- Sati (practice) - Wikipedia
Sati or suttee [a] is a practice, a chiefly historical one, [1] [2] in which a Hindu widow burns alive on her deceased husband's funeral pyre, the death by burning entered into voluntarily, [3] by coercion, [4] [5] or by a perception of the lack of satisfactory options for continuing to live [6]
- Sati | Practice, History, Abolition | Britannica
Sati (suttee) An illustration of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre; gouache painting by an Indian artist, c 1800 Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago Her research and teaching interests revolve around
- Cultural Imperialism or Rescue? The British and Suttee
Today, thanks largely to the Kolkata-born cultural theorist Gayatri Spivak, it has again become a hot topic among postcolonial and feminist critics Suttee could not just be abolished overnight As its association with myth suggests, it was deeply rooted in the culture
- SUTTEE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SUTTEE is the act or custom of a Hindu widow burning herself to death or being burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband; also : a woman burned to death in this way
- Sati: How the fight to ban burning of widows in India was won
In December 1829, Lord William Bentinck, the first governor general of British-ruled India, banned sati, the ancient Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre
- Sutte: Definition, History, and Interesting Facts Explained
Suttee, also known as sutte, is a complex and often misunderstood aspect of Indian cultural history This ancient practice, where a widow self-immolates on her husband’s funeral pyre, is deeply rooted in religious narratives and societal structures
- Introduction to the Custom of Sati - ThoughtCo
Sati or suttee is the ancient Indian and Nepalese practice of burning a widow on her husband's funeral pyre or burying her alive in his grave This practice is associated with Hindu traditions The name is taken from the goddess Sati, wife of Shiva, who burned herself to protest her father's ill-treatment of her husband
- Suttee - Encyclopedia. com
suttee (sŭ´tē´, sŭ´tē´) [Skt sati=faithful wife], former Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre
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