sati
or sa·tī, sut·tee
[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]
/ sʌˈti, ˈsʌt i /
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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.
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Origin of sati
First recorded in 1780–90, sati is from the Sanskrit word satī good woman, woman devoted to her husband
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Sati
or Sa·tī
[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]
/ sʌˈti, ˈsʌt i /
noun Hindu Mythology.
the wife of Rudra, who immolated herself following a quarrel between her father and her husband.
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