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| | |  Madri: Encyclopedia II - Pandu - LifePandu was an excellent archer. He became the commander of King Dhritarashtra's army and also ruled the kingdom for him. Pandu conquered the territories of Dasarnas, Kashi, Anga, Vango, Kalinga, Magadha etc. and thus re-established their superiority over all the kings.
Pandu got married to Madri, daughter of the King of Madra, and Kunti, King Kuntibhoja of Vrish's daughter. While enjoying in a forest, Pandu shot a Rishi (who was mating), so the Rishi cursed him that, when he approaches his wife with love he will die. Upset, Pandu renounced his kingdom and lived ...
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| | | | Madri: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - Justifications and criticisms Brahmin scholars of the second millennium justified the practice, and gave reasonings as to how the scriptures could be said to justify them. Among them were Vijnanesvara, of the Chalukya court, and later Madhavacharya, theologian and minister of the court of the Vijayanagara empire, according to Shastri, who quotes their reasoning. It was lauded by them as exemplary conduct in pious women, and it was explained that this was considered not to be suicide (suicide was otherwise variously banned or discouraged in the scriptures). It was deemed ...
See also:Sati practice, Sati practice - Origin, Sati practice - The practice, Sati practice - Compulsion, Sati practice - Royal funerals, Sati practice - Symbolic sati, Sati practice - Jauhar, Sati practice - Burials, Sati practice - Prevalence, Sati practice - Numbers, Sati practice - Communities, Sati practice - Regional variations, Sati practice - Recent incidence, Sati practice - Justifications and criticisms, Sati practice - Law books, Sati practice - Scriptures, Sati practice - Counter-arguments within Hinduism, Sati practice - Non-Hindu views and criticisms, Sati practice - Suppression, Sati practice - Mughal period, Sati practice - British and other European territories, Sati practice - Modern times, Sati practice - Influences on art and culture, Sati practice - Notes Read more here: » Sati practice: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - Justifications and criticisms |
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| | | | Madri: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - Suppression The first known instance of official attempts to stop the practice were those of the Sultanate of Delhi, under Muhammad Tughlaq. They required formal permits to be issued before the act could take place, from about 1325.
Sati practice - Mughal period.
Humayun issued a royal fiat against sati, which he later withdrew.
Akbar required that permission be granted by his officials, and these officials were instructed to delay the woman's decision for as long as possible. The reasoning was that she was les ...
See also:Sati practice, Sati practice - Origin, Sati practice - The practice, Sati practice - Compulsion, Sati practice - Royal funerals, Sati practice - Symbolic sati, Sati practice - Jauhar, Sati practice - Burials, Sati practice - Prevalence, Sati practice - Numbers, Sati practice - Communities, Sati practice - Regional variations, Sati practice - Recent incidence, Sati practice - Justifications and criticisms, Sati practice - Law books, Sati practice - Scriptures, Sati practice - Counter-arguments within Hinduism, Sati practice - Non-Hindu views and criticisms, Sati practice - Suppression, Sati practice - Mughal period, Sati practice - British and other European territories, Sati practice - Modern times, Sati practice - Influences on art and culture, Sati practice - Notes Read more here: » Sati practice: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - Suppression |
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| | | | Madri: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - The practice The act of sati was always supposed to take place voluntarily, and from the existing accounts, many of them were indeed voluntary. The act may have been expected of widows in some communities. The extent to which any social pressures or expectations should be considered as compulsion has been the matter of much debate in modern times. It is frequently stated that a widow could expect little of life after her husband's death, especially if she was childless. However, there were also instances where the wish of the widow to commit sa ...
See also:Sati practice, Sati practice - Origin, Sati practice - The practice, Sati practice - Compulsion, Sati practice - Royal funerals, Sati practice - Symbolic sati, Sati practice - Jauhar, Sati practice - Burials, Sati practice - Prevalence, Sati practice - Numbers, Sati practice - Communities, Sati practice - Regional variations, Sati practice - Recent incidence, Sati practice - Justifications and criticisms, Sati practice - Law books, Sati practice - Scriptures, Sati practice - Counter-arguments within Hinduism, Sati practice - Non-Hindu views and criticisms, Sati practice - Suppression, Sati practice - Mughal period, Sati practice - British and other European territories, Sati practice - Modern times, Sati practice - Influences on art and culture, Sati practice - Notes Read more here: » Sati practice: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - The practice |
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| | | | Madri: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - Origin Few reliable records exist of the practice before the time of the Gupta empire, approximately 400 AD. While sati is described in the Mahabharata and other works that may be considered at least partly historical accounts, it is known that large parts of these works are relatively late interpolations into an original story.[2]
There is an early Greek account of the practice however. This describes an account of an Indian soldier in Persia, wh ...
See also:Sati practice, Sati practice - Origin, Sati practice - The practice, Sati practice - Compulsion, Sati practice - Royal funerals, Sati practice - Symbolic sati, Sati practice - Jauhar, Sati practice - Burials, Sati practice - Prevalence, Sati practice - Numbers, Sati practice - Communities, Sati practice - Regional variations, Sati practice - Recent incidence, Sati practice - Justifications and criticisms, Sati practice - Law books, Sati practice - Scriptures, Sati practice - Counter-arguments within Hinduism, Sati practice - Non-Hindu views and criticisms, Sati practice - Suppression, Sati practice - Mughal period, Sati practice - British and other European territories, Sati practice - Modern times, Sati practice - Influences on art and culture, Sati practice - Notes Read more here: » Sati practice: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - Origin |
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| | | | Madri: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - Prevalence Records exist of sati across most of the subcontinent. However, there seem to have been major differences historically, in different regions, and among different communities.
Sati practice - Numbers.
There are no reliable figures for the numbers who died by sati across the country. A local indication of the numbers is given in the records kept by the Bengal Presidency of the British East India Company. The total figure of known occurrences for the period 1813 to 1828 is 8,135See also:Sati practice, Sati practice - Origin, Sati practice - The practice, Sati practice - Compulsion, Sati practice - Royal funerals, Sati practice - Symbolic sati, Sati practice - Jauhar, Sati practice - Burials, Sati practice - Prevalence, Sati practice - Numbers, Sati practice - Communities, Sati practice - Regional variations, Sati practice - Recent incidence, Sati practice - Justifications and criticisms, Sati practice - Law books, Sati practice - Scriptures, Sati practice - Counter-arguments within Hinduism, Sati practice - Non-Hindu views and criticisms, Sati practice - Suppression, Sati practice - Mughal period, Sati practice - British and other European territories, Sati practice - Modern times, Sati practice - Influences on art and culture, Sati practice - Notes Read more here: » Sati practice: Encyclopedia II - Sati practice - Prevalence |
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