Difference between revisions of "Sati"

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Sati (also called "suttee") is an ancient Indian Hindu practice, in which a widow sacrifices herself by throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Originating at least as far back as 400 A.D., It was outlawed by the colonial British in 1829, although according to the New Columbia Encyclopedia (1975), "isolated cases of voluntary suttee have occurred into the twentieth century." [1]

Westerners have long doubted whether the practice was ever actually voluntary (compare honor killing). More recent instances of the practice have found, where investigated, to have been carried out under compulsion.

External links

The Representation of Sati Bengal Past and Present, 117 (1998):57-80.

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+'''Sati''' (also called "'''suttee'''") is an ancient [[India]]n [[Hindu]] practice, in which a widow sacrifices herself by throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Originating at least as far back as 400 A.D., It was outlawed by the colonial British in 1829, although according to the New Columbia Encyclopedia (1975), "isolated cases of voluntary suttee have occurred into the twentieth century." [http://www.jochnowitz.net/Essays/Mystics.html]
-'''Suttee''' is an ancient [[India|Indian]] practice, in which a widow is sacrificed on her husband's funeral pyre. It was outlawed by the colonial British in 1889, though it is still practiced. Westerners have long doubted whether the practice was ever actually voluntary (compare [[Honor killing]]). More recent instances of the practice have found, where investigated, to have been carried out under complusion.
-*Even worse than foot binding are traditions like suttee, which at one time was practiced in India, a custom where a woman was expected to throw herself on her husband's funeral pyre after he died. Suttee no longer exists; it was abolished by the British in 1829, although according to the New Columbia Encyclopedia (1975), "isolated cases of voluntary suttee have occurred into the 20th cent." [http://www.jochnowitz.net/Essays/Mystics.html]
+Westerners have long doubted whether the practice was ever actually voluntary (compare [[honor killing]]). More recent instances of the practice have found, where investigated, to have been carried out under compulsion.
 ==External links==
 *[http://inic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/Satiart.rft.html The Representation of Sati] Bengal Past and Present, 117 (1998):57-80.
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-'''Sati''' (also called ''[[suttee]]'') is custom of [[Hinduism]] by which a widow kills herself by throwing herself onto her husband’s funeral pyre. This form of [[suicide]] is primarily performed in [[India]].The practice probably originated sometime around A.D. 400.