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noun
The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: anumarana, anugamana
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation
History
From Sanskrit सती (satī́, “good and virtuous or faithful wife”), from सत् (sát, “true, good, right etc.”). In English usage since 1786. Doublet of sin.
