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... > social science subjects > sociology > gender and sexuality > gender and society > gender and relationships > sati

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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-TVSLKMFK-K

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