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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesanti-sati Ashis Nandy believe Bengal Brahmin British burning caste ceremony chunari coercion colonial contemporary Coomaraswamy Courtright cremation critics culture curse custom debate Delhi Deorala Deorala sati devotion dharma dowry elite essay European event feminist Figueira flames funeral pyre goddess groups Harlan Hindi Hindu husband immolation in-laws Indian issue Jaipur jauhar Jhunjhunu Kennedy Kishwar and Vanita Mahabharata Manushi metempsychosis modern moral murder Muslim myth Nandy's Narayani Narayani Satimata Nathu's nineteenth century non-Rajput Oldenburg Parvati political practice of sati protection Rajasthan Rajput Rajput women Ramayana religion religious rite ritual role Roop Kanwar Roop Kanwar's death Roop Kanwar's sati Roop's sacrifice Sanskrit sati of Roop sati's satimata sativrata secular self-immolation sense Shah Bano Shiva shrine Sikar Singh social society srap status story suicide Suttee symbol temple tion tradition Trial by Fire urban Veena Veena Oldenburg village vrat Western widow wife woman References to this bookFrom other books
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