Sati (practice)
The practice of Sati (also sometimes unphonetically written suttee) was a Hindu funeral custom in which the widow immolated herself alive on her husband?s funeral pyre.
References
- http://www.ambedkar.org/research/Sati_Was_Started_For_Preserving_Caste.htm
- Shastri, Shakuntala Rao. Women in the Sacred Laws. - The later law books. 1960. The text of this work can be found online at http://www.hindubooks.org/women_in_the_sacredlaws/
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Origin |
| ► | The practice |
| ► | Prevalance |
| ► | Justifications |
| ► | Abolition |
| ► | Recent incidence |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External Links |
| ► | References |
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