Ramey/H5M, 66. Did Women have to Jump into the Fire when their Husband Died?

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How to Cite: Pennington, Brian. 66. Did Women have to Jump into the Fire when their Husband Died?. Hinduism in Five Minutes. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. Aug 2022. ISBN 9781800502406.

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The practice in which some Hindu wives burned on the funeral pyres of their deceased husbands is often called in English sati. The Sanskrit word actually refers to the woman herself as the embodiment of piety (sat) and devotion to her husband, but the British came to use the term to refer to the act.

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    55 KB
  • container title
    Hinduism in Five Minutes
  • creator
    Brian K. Pennington
  • isbn
    9781800502413 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • rights
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • series title
    Religion in 5 Minutes
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781800502413