sati

noun

sa·​ti

less common spelling of suttee

: the act or custom of a Hindu widow burning herself to death or being burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband

also : a woman burned to death in this way

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Furthermore, the term sati does not necessarily have one stable connotation within the varied and lengthy Buddhist philosophical tradition. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026