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"At last, she arrives at the fatal end of the plank . . . and, with
her hands crossed over her chest, falls straight downward,
suspended for a moment in the air before being devoured by the
burning pit that awaits her. . . ." This grisly 1829 account by
Pierre Dubois demonstrates the usual European response to the Hindu
custom of satis sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of
their husbands--horror and revulsion. Yet to those of the Hindu
faith, not least the satis themselves, this act signals the sati's
sacredness and spiritual power.
"At last, she arrives at the fatal end of the plank . . . and, with
her hands crossed over her chest, falls straight downward,
suspended for a moment in the air before being devoured by the
burning pit that awaits her. . . ." This grisly 1829 account by
Pierre Dubois demonstrates the usual European response to the Hindu
custom of satis sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of
their husbands--horror and revulsion. Yet to those of the Hindu
faith, not least the satis themselves, this act signals the sati's
sacredness and spiritual power.
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