Sati (practice)
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Sati (Devanagari: सती, the feminine of sat "true"; also called suttee)Template:Ref was a social funeral practice among some Indian communities in which a recently widowed woman would immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre.
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See also
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Aurangzeb
- Self-immolation
- Women in Hinduism
- Hindu Goddess
- Ritual suicide
- Deorala
- Ibn Fadlan's 10th Century Account of Similar Practice at a Viking Funeral
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