print email comment close Women in World History: Sati URL: http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/modules/lesson5/lesson5.php?s=0 Description: Learning module about sati, a concept originating in the Laws of Manu (India), which "declared that a Hindu widow ... was not to remarry, while a Hindu widower was permitted to marry again. Gradually, the word sati was used to designate the ritual of self-immolation or self-sacrifice by a Hindu widow on her husband's pyre." Provides readings, documents, teaching materials, and a brief bibliography. From the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. Publisher: Center for History and New Media LII Database Information: Record 22662 created by Jennifer English on 09/25/2006 Last modification on 09/25/2006 Published: 09/28/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22662