Issues Sati
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- Regional: Asia: India: Society and Culture: Crime (1)
- Regional: Asia: India: Society and Culture: Women (21)
- Society: Death: Suicide: Altruistic (3)
Burning Widows Alive - An imaginary essay on the practice of widows being burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyres.
'Horror of Sati' or Tyranny of the Elect? - On the lack of true dialogue or discussion on the traditions behind sati and related issues.
Kamat: The Tradition of Sati in India - Sati is the traditional Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
The Representation of Sati - Includes a number of drawings by the Flemish artist Baltazard Solvyns from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, together with extracts from European accounts.
Sati - Account of the origin of the practice. Includes description of Jauhar and social situations in the Middle Ages.
Sati - Burning of the Hindu widow - Describes the history of this practice, the origins, and recent history.
Sati (practice) - Wikipedia - Article and a collection of references.
Women In The Sacred Laws - The Later Law Books - An extract from a work by Shakuntala Rao Shastri. Includes early history of the practice, and the way that the treatment of sati came to differ from treatment of other forms of suicide. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.