Sati is a word used to depict a pious wife, synonym of pativrata. one who obeys her husband unconditionally, Her life is devoted to her husband, She does not have an existence without her husband so when husband dies she enters the funeral pyre with his body.
They say the act of jumping into fire after the husbands body is called Sati after the goddess Sati.
Sati is an incarnation of Parvati,You can read her story here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(Hindu_goddess)
What I find ironic and funny ( like so many things in our mythology) is this Sati is a very strong willed and independent woman. First she does not listen to her father and marries this Shiva against her father's wish. Then she does not listen to her husband and comes and visits her father's yagnya. and When her father does not listen to her, she is so stubborn that she jumps into the Yagnya fire. NOT her husbands funeral fire . She is the total opposite of that subservient, obedient Sati women :-)
They say the act of jumping into fire after the husbands body is called Sati after the goddess Sati.
Sati is an incarnation of Parvati,You can read her story here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(Hindu_goddess)
What I find ironic and funny ( like so many things in our mythology) is this Sati is a very strong willed and independent woman. First she does not listen to her father and marries this Shiva against her father's wish. Then she does not listen to her husband and comes and visits her father's yagnya. and When her father does not listen to her, she is so stubborn that she jumps into the Yagnya fire. NOT her husbands funeral fire . She is the total opposite of that subservient, obedient Sati women :-)
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