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The Iconographies of Sati
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Abstract
The word sati conjures up a mental picture of a Hindu wife meeting her violent death amidst the flames of her deceased husband’s funeral pyre. This violent image usually expresses the notion that the woman is under-going her death out of a sense of duty, even love, and in the belief that her self-sacrifice will bring great reward in a future incarnation. Perhaps, too, she will for many generations be honored as a goddess by the community she leaves behind.
Title: The Iconographies of Sati
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Abstract
The word sati conjures up a mental picture of a Hindu wife meeting her violent death amidst the flames of her deceased husband’s funeral pyre.
This violent image usually expresses the notion that the woman is under-going her death out of a sense of duty, even love, and in the belief that her self-sacrifice will bring great reward in a future incarnation.
Perhaps, too, she will for many generations be honored as a goddess by the community she leaves behind.
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