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Sati (practice)

Sati or suttee is a chiefly historical Hindu practice in which a widow burns alive on her deceased husband's funeral pyre, either voluntarily, by coercion, or by a perception of the lack of satisfactory options for continuing to live. Although it is debated whether it received scriptural mention in early Hinduism, it has been linked to related Hindu…

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Sati (practice)

Nodes362
Edges361
Triples19
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005525
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sati practice india widow hindu pyre husband century woman women widows one death states early british funeral also according husband's

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy ultimately led the British Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck to enact the Bengal Sati Regulationinstance ofand by Hindu reformers0.80text
1829instance ofand by Hindu reformers0.80text
declaring the practice of burning or burying alive of Hindu widows to be punishable by the criminal courtsinstance ofand by Hindu reformers0.80text
Sulaiman al-Tajir reported that sati was optionally practisedinstance ofearlier Muslim travelers0.80text
which a widow could choose to undertake.Mughal Empireinstance ofearlier Muslim travelers0.80text
Agrainstance ofto dissuade widows from sati.Later Mughal obstacles to the practice were difficult to enforce outside of imperial centres0.80text
William Careyinstance ofThe British authorities within the Bengal Presidency started systematically to collect data on the practice in 1815.Principal reformers and 1829 banThe principal campaigners aga…0.80text
Ram Mohan Royinstance ofThe British authorities within the Bengal Presidency started systematically to collect data on the practice in 1815.Principal reformers and 1829 banThe principal campaigners aga…0.80text
Travancoreinstance ofthe general ban on sati was issued by a proclamation from Empress Victoria.In some princely states0.80text
the custom of sati never prevailedinstance ofthe general ban on sati was issued by a proclamation from Empress Victoria.In some princely states0.80text
although it was held in reverence by the common peopleinstance ofthe general ban on sati was issued by a proclamation from Empress Victoria.In some princely states0.80text
which a widow could choose to undertakeinstance ofearlier Muslim travelers0.80text

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