Concept information
Preferred term
sati
Definition
- Sati is the custom of widow burning or self-immolation where a widow shares her husband's funeral pyre upon his death. A sati could purify her husband's deadliest sins by burning with him. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Sati]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sati
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