˜yÐÄvlog

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sati

1
or ²õ²¹Â·³ÙÄ«, ²õ³Ü³Ù·³Ù±ð±ð

[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]

noun

  1. a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
  2. a Hindu widow who so immolates herself.


Sati

2
or ³§²¹Â·³ÙÄ«

[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]

noun

Hindu Mythology.
  1. 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 1780–90, 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 Kanwar’s deification, chances of justice for India’s 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 India’s independence in 1947.

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Kanwar is recognised as India’s last sati.

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