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SATI [2 records]

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Record 1 1999-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religious Sects - Various
DEF

A Hindu widow who allowed herself to be cremated alive on the funeral pyre of her husband's body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultes divers
DEF

Veuve qui s'immolait rituellement sur le bûcher funéraire de son mari, en Inde.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religious Sects - Various
DEF

The former Hindu Custom of such self-immolation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultes divers
DEF

Le rite lui-même.

CONT

Le sati fut aboli en 1829.

Spanish

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