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Bookmark or Share- Sati Widow-Burning: A Dark Chapter in Indian HistorySati, the ancient Hindu custom in which women (often coerced) would self-sacrifice after their husbands’ death, continues to spark controversy. Sati, the practice of a widow self-immolating on her husband's funeral pyre, remains one of the most controversial and emotive issues in South Asian culture.
- Introduction to the Custom of Sati - ThoughtCoSati 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.
- 娑提 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书娑提 （सती / Satī、或譯 薩蒂 ），正式名稱為 达刹约尼 （दाक्षायनि / Dākshāyani）， 印度神話 中女天神 提毗 的一員，司婚姻幸福及長壽，印度婦女經常供奉她，以求自己丈夫的長壽。. 她是 达刹 的女兒，她愛上了不討她父親歡心的破壞神 濕婆 ...
- Sati | Ritual Suicide, Widowhood & Widow Burning | BritannicaSati, in Hinduism, one of the wives of the god Shiva and a daughter of the sage Daksa. Sati married Shiva against her father’s wishes. When her father failed to invite her husband to a great sacrifice, Sati died of mortification and was later reborn as the goddess Parvati.
- Suttee | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannicasuttee, the Indian custom of a wife immolating 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 womanly devotion held by certain Brahman and royal castes.
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