'Horror of Sati' or Tyranny of the Elect? - http://hamsa.org/tyranny-elect.htm
On the lack of true dialogue or discussion on the traditions behind sati and related issues. |
Burning Widows Alive - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/roy.html
An imaginary essay on the practice of widows being burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyres. |
Kamat: The Tradition of Sati in India - http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/hindu/sati.htm
Sati is the traditional Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre. |
Sati - Burning of the Hindu widow - http://adaniel.tripod.com/sati.htm
Describes the history of this practice, the origins, and recent history. |
Sati (practice) - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_%28practice%29
Article and a collection of references. |
The Representation of Sati - http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/Satiart.rft.html
Includes a number of drawings by the Flemish artist Baltazard Solvyns from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, together with extracts from European accounts. |
Women In The Sacred Laws - The Later Law Books - http://www.hindubooks.org/women_in_the_sacredlaws/the_later_lawbooks/page1.htm
An extract from a work by Shakuntala Rao Shastri. Includes early history of the practice, and the way that the treatment of sati came to differ from treatment of other forms of suicide. |