sati
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- noun
- /ˈsɑːti/
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sati
- He targeted for eradication such practices as female infanticide and sati (immolation of a widow on her husband's pyre).
- sati ritual
- sati (widow)
Examples
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Rather than continue to suffer Chandan's abuse, Deeti chooses instead to become a sati—to commit suicide on her husband's funeral pyre.
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This passage makes it clear that at a husband's death, a wife is not expected to perform sati, as was instituted by many Hindu cultures centuries after the Vedic period.
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There are several times more Muslim women being stoned to death over the last decade than Hindu women committing sati.
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In comparison, the colonial governor of Bengal, Lord Bentinck, banned forced sati/suttee.
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But the two are related—especially the increased prevalence of sati in the medieval period.
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However, Deeti does not complete the sati ritual; she is rescued by Kalua, the low-caste ox-cart driver who helped her retrieve Hukam from the opium factory earlier in the novel.
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The brutal practice of sati was officially outlawed in India during the 19th century.
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Many activists worked tirelessly to end the custom of sati and protect widows from such tragic fates.
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In historical accounts, sati is often depicted as a deeply troubling custom forced upon widows.
Synonyms
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A former Hindu practice where a widow burned herself on her husband's funeral fire
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sati for the old custom comes from the name of a Hindu goddess and from the Sanskrit root sat meaning 'being' or 'truth'. Because the goddess and the idea of a 'virtuous' wife were linked, the name came to be used for the tragic practice of a widow being burned on her husband's funeral pyre.