sati

/S AA1 T IY0/
noun
  1. 1

    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.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sati, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/suttee

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