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This Section of the Act has become heavily criticised by both sides of the Sati debate. Proponents of Sati argue against it, claiming the practice to be a part of Indian culture. [11] Simultaneously, those against the practice of Sati also question the practicality of such a law, since it may be interpreted in a manner so as to punish the ...
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 .
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 ...
Sati is an Indian funeral custom where a widow was forced to immolate herself on her husband's pyre, or committed was buried alive after her husband's death. [91] [92] [93] Michael Witzel states there is no evidence of Sati practice in ancient Indian literature during the Vedic period. [8]
Sati is the act or custom of a Hindu widow burning herself or being burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband. [15] After watching the Sati of his own sister-in-law, Ram Mohan Roy began campaigning for abolition of the practice in 1811. The practice of Sati was abolished by Governor General Lord William Bentinck in British India in ...
Sati (Hindu goddess), Shiva's first wife, and after her death, reincarnated as Shiva's next wife, Parvati; Sati (Buddhism), awareness or skillful attentiveness in Buddhism; Sati (practice), historical Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself after her husband's death, usually on her husband's funeral pyre; Satis (goddess) or Sati, an ...
Sati confronts Daksha. Dakṣayajña [note 1] [1] [2] is an important event in Hindu mythology that is narrated in various Hindu scriptures.It refers to a yajna (ritual-sacrifice) organised by Daksha, where his daughter, Sati, immolates herself.
The increase of the sati practice may also be related to the centuries of Islamic invasion and its expansion in South Asia. [ 14 ] [ 16 ] It acquired an additional meaning as a means to preserve the honour of women whose men had been slain, [ 14 ] especially with the variant of a mass sati called jauhar , practiced especially among the Rajputs ...