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Aquatint from the early 19th century purporting to show ritual preparation for the immolation of a Hindu widow—shown in a white sari near the water—on the funeral pyre of her deceased husband. An etching from the early 19th century purporting to show a Hindu widow being led—past the body of her deceased husband—to the funeral pyre.
Source: [11] A regulation for declaring the practice of sati, or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindus, illegal, and punishable by the criminal courts, passed by the governor-general in council on 4 December 1829, corresponding with the 20th Aughun 1236 Bengal era; the 23rd Aughun 1237 Fasli; the 21st Aughun 1237 Vilayati; the 8th Aughun 1886 Samavat; and the 6th Jamadi-us-Sani 1245 ...
The widow then resolves to take away her life and immolated herself with husband's ashes or padukas or other such memento. [1] [2] [3] The practice of Anumarana is mentioned in Kamasutra. [4] In Mahabharata, there is a mention of Anumarana being practiced by widows of Kshatriyas on rare occasions. [5]
The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856, [9] provided legal safeguards against loss of certain forms of inheritance for remarrying a Hindu widow, [8] though, under the Act, the widow forsook any inheritance due her from her deceased husband. [10] Especially targeted in the act were child widows whose husbands had died before consummation of ...
Self-immolation is the act of setting oneself on fire. It is mostly done for political or religious reasons, often as a form of protest or in acts of martyrdom . Due to its disturbing and violent nature, it is considered one of the most extreme methods of protest.
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The Indian practice of widow suicide is called sati, and often entails the widow lying down on her husband’s funeral pyre in an act of self-immolation. The elderly members of certain cultures intentionally ended their lives, in what is termed as senicide .