Role Of Sati In Ancient Indian Society

In ancient Indian society, people thought women are honorable when they did the traditional ritual, Sati. The word is come from the goddess Sati and first appeared during the Gupta Empire. It is a ritual that a woman has a practice of burningbecause her husband passed away or expected to dead in the war, following him even the grave. Sati is a symbol of virtue, constant and image of good wife in India. Also it means widow in Sanskrit.This religion is not allow remarriage so women had only two choices when her husband was dead, performing the ritual into a goddess or being widow.On the other hand, from the Colonialism, the British colonialists translated it into Suttee that is a self-immolation of widows in simplicity. They described the Indiancustom and people who supported the ritual as a kind of evil, such as murder, suicide. So they tried to stamp out the ritual and pointed out the characteristic of the Indian women who majority are lack of knowledge and power to control themselves in society. Some of feminists stated that it is an unfair force of Indian women and the

Women chose to Sati voluntarily because they want to bring competence to their clan. Also it is one of way to show the death of heroism is instructive. But, there are some different from Sati, the Brahmin women should join with husband and should die on his pyre. On the other hand, Julia Leslie emphasizes that understanding and judging. Understanding how Sati importance is in women and men’s mind. Furthermore, judging how patriarchal society and women persecute themselves.She divides the definition of Sati in two ways, victim and victor. She figured out the conclusion is that “A strategy for dignity in a demeaning world”. Normally, Sati is an only chance for women to confer a posthumous title and increase the level of status in Hindu society. The issue is due to values and gender ranking in Indian