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The word sati, therefore, originally referred to the woman, rather than the rite. Variants are: Sativrata, an uncommon and seldom used term, [19] denotes the woman who makes a vow , to protect her husband while he is alive and then die with her husband. Satimata denotes a venerated widow who committed sati. [20]
Janaki Mandir (Nepali: जानकी मन्दिर) is a Hindu temple in Janakpurdham, Nepal, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Sita. It is an example of Koiri Hindu architecture. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Fully built in bright white and constructed in an area of 1,480 square metres (15,930 sq. feet), it is a three-storied structure made entirely ...
Jhola (Nepali: झोला) is a 2013 Nepali film based on a story by writer Krishna Dharabasi.It is about Sati culture that was prevalent in the Nepalese society until the 1920s in which wife had to immolate herself upon her husband's death, typically on his funeral pyre.
The Sun's Seventh Horse (Hindi: सूरज का सातवाँ घोड़ा; Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda) is a 1952 Hindi meta fiction novel by Dharamvir Bharati, one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature. [1] The novel presents three related narratives about three women: Jamuna, Sati, and Lily.
Hinduism is the largest religion of Nepal. [2] In 2006, the country declared itself a secular country through democracy, after the abolition of its monarchy. [3] [4] According to the 2021 census, the Hindu population in Nepal is estimated to be around 23,677,744 which accounts for at least 81.19% [5] of the country's population, the highest percentage of Hindus of any country in the world. [6]
Sati (/ ˈ s ʌ t iː /, Sanskrit: सती, IAST: Satī, lit. ' truthful' or 'virtuous ' ), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी , IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī , lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti .
Sati (Hindu goddess), Shiva's first wife, and after her death, reincarnated as Shiva's next wife, Parvati, also related to the practice Sati (practice) , historical Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself after her husband's death, usually on her husband's funeral pyre