suttee

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von suttee im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: sati; kadının ölen kocasıyla beraber yakılması; bu geleneğe göre yakılan kadın; {i} kadının ölen kocasıyla beraber yakılması (hint); (isim) kadının ölen kocasıyla beraber yakılması (hint); eski bir Hint geleneğine göre bir kadının kocasının naaşı ile beraber yakılması

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von suttee im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The custom and/or act of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion to her late spouse; the ancient custom in the Hindu religion of burning a wife with her husband when he dies. or sati Indian practice whereby a widow burns herself to death either on the funeral pyre of her husband or soon after his death. The custom may be rooted in ancient beliefs that a husband needed his companions in the afterlife, though opponents point to it as an indication of a value system deeply hostile to women. Developed by the 4th century BC, it became widespread in the 17th-18th centuries but was banned in British India in 1829. Frequent instances of suttee continued to occur for many years thereafter, and occasional instances in remote areas are still reported today; {i} act or practice of burning a widow on her husband's funeral pyre; widow that carries out such act; sati (Hinduism); The custom and/or act of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband's funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion to her late spouse; A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character; The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband; the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband