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sati
1or ²õ²¹Â·³ÙÄ«, ²õ³Ü³Ù·³Ù±ð±ð
[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]
noun
- a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- a Hindu widow who so immolates herself.
Sati
2or ³§²¹Â·³ÙÄ«
[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]
noun
Hindu Mythology.
- the wife of Rudra, who immolated herself following a quarrel between her father and her husband.
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yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sati1
First recorded in 1780â90, sati is from the Sanskrit word ²õ²¹³ÙÄ« good woman, woman devoted to her husband
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A teenaged widow was burned on her husband's funeral pyre under the Hindu practice of sati 37 years ago.
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After its glorification was made illegal, the group dropped sati from its name.
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But despite Kanwarâs deification, chances of justice for Indiaâs last sati remain dim.
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Sati was first banned in 1829 by the British colonial rulers, but the practice had continued even after Indiaâs independence in 1947.
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Kanwar is recognised as Indiaâs last sati.
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