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sati

sati is the alternative form of suttee.

Meaning of suttee

Noun

suttee (countable and uncountable, plural suttees)

  1. (Hinduism, historical) The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.
    Synonyms:
    anumarana, anugamana

Proper noun capitalized: Sati

Sati

  1. (Hinduism) One of the daughters of Prasuti and Daksha; killed herself by self-immolation on a fire

Noun (1) capitalized: Sati

Sati

  1. (Hinduism) Pious person

Noun (2) capitalized: Sati

Sati

  1. mindfulness, as in anapanasati; a state of mind in meditation

Forms of sati

pluralsatis

Origin of sati

Borrowed from Sanskrit सती (satī).

Transliteration of Pali sati.

Words formed from sati

Questions about sati

What does sati mean?
Sati means one of the daughters of Prasuti and Daksha; killed herself by self-immolation on a fire.
What is sati the alternative form of?
Sati is the alternative form of suttee.
What part of speech is sati?
Sati can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near sati in the dictionary

  1. Sathmar
  2. Sathmar Swabian
  3. Sathmar Swabians
  4. Sathonay
  5. sathrophilous
  6. sati
  7. satiability
  8. satiable
  9. satiate
  10. satiated
  11. satiatedness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sati (page history and authors); Sati (page history and authors); suttee (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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