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[13] [14] [2] [15] [16] The term sati was originally interpreted as 'chaste woman'. Sati appears in Hindi and Sanskrit texts, where it is synonymous with 'good wife'; [17] the term suttee was commonly used by Anglo-Indian English writers. [18] The word sati, therefore, originally referred to the woman, rather than the rite. Variants are:
Sati (/ ˈ s ʌ t iː /, Sanskrit: सती, IAST: Satī, lit. ' truthful' or 'virtuous ' ), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी , IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī , lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti .
The word derives from a verb, sarati, meaning “to remember,” and occasionally in Pali sati is still explained in a way that connects it with the idea of memory. But when it is used in relation to meditation practice, we have no word in English that precisely captures what it refers to.
In ancient Indian society, "practices that restricted women's social mobility and behavior" existed but the arrival of Islam in India "intensified these Hindu practices, and by the 19th century purdah was the customary practice of high-caste Hindu and elite communities throughout India."
Sati Savitri (1932), a sound film, was released in Hindi/Gujarati by Chandulal Shah and was the second talkie Gujarati film. Savitri (1933) was the first film produced by the East India Film Company. Directed by C. Pullaiah, it received an Honorary Certificate at the Venice Film Festival. [18] Bhalji Pendharkar released Savitri (1936) in Marathi.
According to the Monier-Williams dictionary, the term Shakti (Śakti) is the sanskrit feminine word-meaning "energy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capability"—thereby implying "capacity for" doing something, or "power over" anything. [1] [8] Shakti is also considered feminine noun of linguistic term Sanskrit. [9]
Sati is often used as a synonym for a pativrata - one who preserves her purity - physically, mentally, and emotionally. It is also used to denote a woman who immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.
Sade Sati, the 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-year-long period of Saturn (Shani) Sarti, an Italian language surname; Sat (Sanskrit), a Sanskrit word meaning the true essence of an entity, species or existence; Satis (disambiguation) Satti, a tribe found in Muree, Kotli sattian, Kahuta and adjoining areas of Rawalpindi Punjab, Pakistan