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Iran / Persia: Safavid Dynasty miniature of the Hindu custom of sati or sutee. A wife throws herself on the funeral pyre of her husband. Attributed to Muhammad Qasim, early 17th century.

Sati (Devanagari: ???, the feminine of sat 'true'; also called suttee) was a social funeral practice among some Indian communities in which a recently widowed woman would immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. The practice was banned several times, with the current ban dating to 1829 by the British. The term is derived from the original name of the goddess Sati, also known as Dakshayani, who self-immolated because she was unable to bear her father Daksha's humiliation of her (living) husband Shiva. The term may also be used to refer to the widow. The term sati is now sometimes interpreted as 'chaste woman'. Sati appears in both Hindi and Sanskrit texts, where it is synonymous with 'good wife'; the spelling suttee was commonly used by Anglo-Indian English writers.

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Titre: Iran / Persia: Safavid Dynasty miniature of the Hindu custom of sati or sutee. A wife throws herself on the funeral pyre of her husband. Attributed to Muhammad Qasim, early 17th century.

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Sati (Devanagari: ???, the feminine of sat 'true'; also called suttee) was a social funeral practice among some Indian communities in which a recently widowed woman would immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. The practice was banned several times, with the current ban dating to 1829 by the British. The term is derived from the original name of the goddess Sati, also known as Dakshayani, who self-immolated because she was unable to bear her father Daksha's humiliation of her (living) husband Shiva. The term may also be used to refer to the widow. The term sati is now sometimes interpreted as 'chaste woman'. Sati appears in both Hindi and Sanskrit texts, where it is synonymous with 'good wife'; the spelling suttee was commonly used by Anglo-Indian English writers.

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Taille de l'image: 3104 × 5100 px | 45.3 MB

Taille d'impression: 26.3 × 43.2 cm | 1222.0 × 2007.9 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: ANT. OR.: IRAN • ART (CATÉGORIE) • ART PERSAN • ART • ART, PEINTURE • ASIE • ASIE, CONTINENT • CONTINENT ASIE • CREMATION DES VEUVES • FEMELLE • FEMM • FEMME • HIDOUISME • HINDOU • HINDOUE • HINDOUISME • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • INDE • INDES • IRAN • IRAN, ANT. OR. • IRANIEN • IRANIENNE • MYTHES: PERSES • PEINTURE • PERSAN • PERSE • PERSES • PERSES, MYTHES • RELIGION • TABLEAU • TABLEAUX