suttee meaning in Hindi

Noun
• सती

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There he bore witness to the practice of suttee, much to his distress.
There were always voices raised against suttee.
Two years later, Ash receives distressing news that the " suttee ".
Near San Thome and other sites in India, he observed on the rites of suttee.
Excerpt from " Suttee, " also included in " Birthday Letters ":
He began working with a core group of Dallas-based studio musicians, including pianist Madge Suttee.
Widows in some areas still immolate themselves upon their husbands'funeral pyres in the Hindu ritual of suttee.
Dahir's wife Ladi committed " suttee " to escape from the hands of the Muslims.
The banning of suttee was followed in the late 1800s by another British law removing the Hindu ban on remarriage.
The practice of suttee was banned in 1829 . That led to enormous debates and petitions for and against it.

noun.

the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband