English-Thai Dictionary
suttee
N การ เผา ตัวเอง ของ แม่ม่าย ใน กอง ฟืน ที่ เผาศพ สามี sati suicide kan-pao-tua-ang-kong-mea-mai-nai-kong-fuan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SUTTEE
n.In the Sanscrit, or sacred language of the Hindoos, a female deity. 1. A widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her husband.
2. The sacrifice of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SUTTEE
Sut *tee ", n. Etym: [Skr. sati a faithful wife, fem. of sant existing, real, true, good, p.pr. of as to be. Cf. Sooth. ]
1. A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self- immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character. [India ]
2. The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband. [India ]
Note: The practice, though abolished in British India law in 1829, is not wholly prevented.
SUTTEEISM
SUTTEEISM Sut *tee "ism, n.
Defn: The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
New American Oxford Dictionary
suttee
sut tee |səˈti | ▶noun variant spelling of sati.
Oxford Dictionary
suttee
suttee |sʌˈtiː, ˈsʌti | ▶noun variant spelling of sati.
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