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suttee
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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suttee Hindu widow who immolated herself with her husband's body XVIII; such immolation XIX. — Hind. :- Skr.
satī faithful wife, f.
sat good, wise, lit. being, prp. of
ásti is (see
BE).
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International: Pyre `sacrifice' prompts fears of suttee revival Thousands of pilgrims descended on an Indian village last week after a widow leapt on her husband's funeral pyre in apparent compliance with an outlawed Hindu custom. Julian West reports from Satpurwa
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/21/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...said: "It was definitely a suttee. People run from fire, but...originally high-caste tradition of suttee, fostered by the Rajput princes...In the past 40 years, four suttees have been reported in the region...dedicated to them. The origins of suttee lie in a 16th century custom...
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Suttee Ban Upheld
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/12/1987; ; 343 words
; ...has upheld the state's new law banning suttee, the Hindu rite of widow-burning...Deorala village. The state law bans both suttee and glorification of the practice by building...person who provokes a widow to commit suttee may face capital punishment or life imprisonment...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Virginia DeVillo Suttee Begando of St. Charles.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 11/13/2007; 556 words
; Virginia DeVillo Suttee Begando of St. Charles A joint memorial service for Virginia DeVillo Suttee Begando, 86, formerly of Elmhurst, and...Kan., the daughter of Charles and Gertrude Suttee, she died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, at...
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Suttee's foot in two rings
Newspaper article from: New Truth & TV Extra; 10/18/2002; ; 366 words
; ...they might also notice a familiar name on the K-1 kickboxing bill. Jason Suttee, a multiple kickboxing world champion, trains useful boxers like Shane Wijohn. Suttee will be in pool A of the K-I three-round eliminator contest which allows...
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Suttee Participants Arrested
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/20/1987; 295 words
; ...the death, thousands of pilgrims have visited the village of Deorala to worship at the cremation site. The Hindu rite, called suttee, has been outlawed in India since 1829, but is still practiced in some remote villages. @Slug: A30SUT
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Mob stones police trying to prevent 'suttee'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/8/2002; 249 words
; ...sat calmly on the blazing pyre as a thousand people shouted support and stoned two policeman who tried to stop her committing suttee, a 500-year-old custom outlawed since 1829 and once seen as the ultimate act of fidelity. Her sons did not try to stop...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Ferris `gun-running gang nailed after drunk with hitman's pistol was arrested on train' Old Bailey jury told of pounds 4000 machine guns deal.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 7/8/1998; 700+ words
; ...time with one of his co-accused, Henry Suttee. He claimed the pair had expected McAuley...said: "It is no coincidence that the Suttee phone was used to ring the pager, and...and involvement between Mr Ferris, Mr Suttee and Mr McCauley." Mr Pownall then turned...
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I thought box of guns was batch of fake banknotes.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 7/16/1998; 473 words
; ...the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Henry Suttee, 67, claimed he drove Ferris to a London...swooped and discovered the three weapons, Suttee turned to Ferris and said: "What the...Orlando Pownall, prosecuting, asked Suttee: "Did Ferris tell you he was sorry...
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Boy from schemes who tried to become Godfather.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 7/24/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...took to Ferris straight away. Suttee's wife, Sheila, fell for...a family business deal. To Suttee, the cocky lad raised in the...buy guns and explosives. The Suttees were under his spell and looked...to have a son like that." Suttee's daughter, Kim, 38, is...
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Murdered by tradition
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...police, who were warned that a traditional suttee or widow- burning was to take place...property rights are usually implicated in suttee, although its supporters try to justify...herself on her husband's pyre becomes a suttee mata or goddess, and her in-laws profit...
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suttee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
suttee [Skt. sati =faithful wife], former...Chinese, and peoples of Oceania and Africa. Suttee was probably taken over by Hinduism from...in 1829, but isolated cases of voluntary suttee have occurred into the 20th cent. See also...
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Suttee
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Suttee (devotion through self-immolation of a widow): see SATĪ .
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Killing
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...one who has killed himself. — suicidal , adj. suttee 1. the suicide of a Hindu widow by immolation on the funeral pyre of her husband. 2. a Hindu widow who died by suttee. taeniacide, teniacide an agent or preparation for killing...
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Sati
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...later brought Sati back to life. The legend of Sati leaping into the fire is sometimes used to explain the Indian tradition of suttee, in which a widow throws herself onto her dead husband's funeral pyre. See also Brahma; Hinduism and Mythology; Shiva...
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Radhakant Deb
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...of orthodox Hinduism. Historians have generally looked upon Radhakant Deb with disfavor, chiefly because he defended sati (suttee), the immolation of widows on funeral pyres of their dead husbands. Recent studies which focus on the psychology of Indian...
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