0:03 pay for your own sins to why are you burning the woman?, he is loyal and pure. And she will go to heaven after becoming Sati, other widow burning rituals and sati become popular after the Turks come forced her to sit on the funeral pyre by Brahmins and her hands and legs were tied to the pyre Draupadi's the most famous sati in Mahabharata That Delhi Sultan and Mughals tried to reduce incidents of Sati. Obviously, he's a man He Can Say No to Anything and Still Be Society's Raja Beta, 12 year old widow who was trembling and crying a lot before committing Sati. 500 women were alive and kicking will burn Because the king has died. She should embrace his sandals and become sati, aye haye I wouldnt even
0:55 embrace my sandals, you people turn anyone into a villain you have no patience She's a little girl, boss, forget it, she literally Begged for her life, they also know that brother We're Going to Treat Her So Badly She Might Just Want To poison us, coz Dude's Got No self control You Can't burn a Kid for That, Man Was Sati done willingly or was it forced? He saw many widows running away from the funeral pyre. If the widow was young she was made a Devadasi and The Brahmins slipped away from there saying "it wont work here" Jumping into the burning fire? So Painful Man, what is this ridiculous idea, boss? That if you are on your periods then you must be unclean. Hello Kichak! consent? what's going on boss?
1:46 What a ridiculous concept, boss She is caught by the hair and thrown on the ground and then kicked I have already developed a lot of anxiety even though I have read this sentence four times Illiterate people follow Sati You all blame everything on the Turks where all is Sati mentioned i.e. which religio legal texts have it? Siddharaj's Absolute Brutality of killing Two Small Children Held her by her hands and feet and threw her back into the fire Is Sati only upper caste? If she doesnt perform Sati she will be regarded as degraded Everyone's blue eyed alcoholic dara shikoh ji
2:35 I should burn for him? When the fire touched that woman's knees, she started writhing in pain. Went and lay down with her husband's corpse, thats really scary boss no sir he's dead because he is a despo On the death of one man 4 women were burned alive If he ever has physical temptation Social Death Has Never Looked Better Grief police is sitting over there His two fight with each other to become sati shameless society This is the status of women in ancient India, please take notes hello hello and namashkar welcome to the 30th episode of Eyeshadow & Etihaas I am Doctor
3:20 Ruchika Sharma I am a historian by profession. and I am also a history teacher. Beside this I have a few more credentials listed in the description box Description box also has the list of sources for today's episode In case you want to read them out of curiosity or to fact check what I say Eyeshadow and Etihaas is a passion project where in each episode I discuss a topic of history while doing an eyeshadow look so if you Love eyeshadow or history or both Then do subscribe now that's all Now that all That's over let me introduce today's topic I did a poll a few weeks ago on my channel and I asked What topic would you like me to discuss? As you can see on your screen, most people chose
4:05 the topic How was Sati performed so.. Today we will talk about the practice of Sati and try to understand this through five questions What is Sati? Where all is Sati mentioned? i.e. in which religious legal texts? And how was Sati done? Was Sati done willingly? or was it forced? and did Only upper caste women perform Sati? Along with this, a myth is also busted that, Sati And the rest of Widow Burning Rituals became popular because of the coming of Turks but we will see that this was not the case All this while I do this orange-ish look which didnt match with my dress this time Very weird situation
4:50 but it's still some shade of orange so it's okay. Let's go, then! Then first of all what is Sati? Sati is an action or event whereby a woman, on her husband's funeral pyre i.e. his last rites or cremation, burns herself with him Sati then is also the woman who does this and since Sati is glorified That means it is considered a noble deed, sadly. So Sati was elevated to the position of a goddess.. by calling her Sati Mata. The name of Shiva's wife and daughter of Daksh was also Sati. In most parts of India Sati Mata temples have been constructed, they are usually made at the same place where..
5:35 a widow has committed sati, believing that Sati is part of a woman's religion (stri dharma) Sati could be performed of one's own will or by force Most of the people today who follow such a violent tradition believe that all this.. happened as per the woman's wish but this is purely wrong, we have many such examples Where Sati was forced, which we will discuss later. The practice of mass sati also existed exists where on the death of the husband not one but many of his wives would become sati Especially on the death of the king. We will see such examples in a bit Sati was performed to avoid Widowhood, sati was considered a widowless woman (avidhva nari)
6:26 Widowhood is considered polluting in the Hindu society. But to avoid this stigma Sati institution was created. Becoming Sati is then also considered a part of pativrata dharma If a widow does not commit Sati then she is thrown out of the society after.. shaving her head and making her wear white clothes. She's only fed bland food Her family and her husband's family keeps no contact with her In Hindu society a widow had two options, one was actual violent death i.e. Sati. or two, social death
7:13 But the sad part is only these two options were available India's history has many instances of sati Because of two reasons: One because most of the society used to encourage the practice of Sati. Every ritual of Sati was a public ritual Where to witness the violent death of a woman 200 to 300 people used to gather and Many of them also added fuel to the fire of Sati. Second also because often husband and wife had a huge age gap. Manusmriti's chapter 9 Verse 94 says that a 30 year old boy could marry a12 year old girl and an 18 year old boy could marry an 8 year old girl or
8:00 an even younger girl I also made a video on this which explains many such disturbing verses from the Manusmriti In case you havent seen it I will link it here and you can watch, so in such an age gap the husband would drop off first Life expectancy was also not a lot then Girls, would become widows at the age of 12 years. and would often even became Sati. Instances of Sati also increase because Sati was practiced across caste was certainly practiced among upper castes but also lower castes We have some examples of this too which We will discuss later. Sati was of two types Brahma Purana dated 12-13 c. CE mentions both types
8:47 One is Sahamarna i.e. burning with the husband's funeral pyre, which brahma purana considers the best by saying that the woman who becomes Sati along with the funeral pyre of her husband is loyal and pure and will go to heaven after becoming Sati. The second way is anumarana or anugamana where a few days after her husband's funeral pyre is burnt, The widow commits Sati i.e. she burns herself not with her husband's pyre.. but separate from it Brahma Purana says says that if the husband dies on a journey ..his widow must embrace his sandals... and become sati. Eww! I wouldnt even hug my own sandals. So how was sati done?
9:33 What was the procedure? What do the eye witness accounts say? And in which texts is Sati mentioned? Is Sati considered legitimate in all texts? The oldest recorded act of Sati... comes from Diodorus' Bibliotheke or Bibliotheca Historica. Diodorus was a Greek.. historian but he had never visited India. But in his book Bibliotheke.. a lot of Indian history is present, how? Diodorus' book is based on many historians. one of which was Hieronymus of Cardia Alexander's Greek journal Not Journal but general! And he recorded Alexander's fight with Puru i.e. King Porus
10:19 I did a video on the battle between Alexander and Porus if you haven't seen it then you I will link it here, you can click on it and see it So what is written about Sati in Diodorus' book? In his book an incident of Sati in 317 BCE is recorded where... General Keteus having died in a battle, his two wives fight with each other to commit Sati. but his elder wife is refused to commit Sati because... she was pregnant at the time So Keteus' younger wife is prepared to commit sati Diodorus says that for the Sati Keteus' widow was decked as if she was a bride When the widow was being taken towards the funeral pyre All the relatives of that widow sang in praise of her.
11:09 She was lifted to the pyre by her brother and she lay next to the body of her dead... husband. Thats really Scary Boss and After this both of them (husband and wife) were burnt Keteus could be an... anglicised version of the name Ketu but many scholars consider this to be the anglicisation of Khatri which matches with what Strabo, another Greek writer, says that Sati was practiced by the Cathei tribe of Punjab. Practiced in the 4th c BC Cathei i.e. Khatri i.e. Kshatriya. So the earliest instance is of a Kshatriya widow's sati. Interestingly, Keteus' first wife was refused sati because... she was pregnant. Were there any other such rules? Yes! Brihaspati who is one of the many writers of Dharmashastras
12:01 He compiled these rules during the Gupta period... and writes that an infant's mother, a pregnant woman and a woman who is unclean or polluting because she is on her periods i.e. on her menstrual cycle Such women cannot become Sati. What is this ridiculous idea that if you are... on your period then you are unclean. Literally making women a victim of their own biological processes. But this is that.. rare moment when being on your periods can literally save your life. Not Literally though... after the widows's menstrual cycle is over And if the widow's newborn baby can be taken care of by someone else then she can still become sati. Take away both parents care from the newborn baby!
12:51 Shameless society, shameless also because the religio-legal texts of this time do not uphold Sati, do not approve of it So what do the texts of 4th c BCE say? section 10 of Rig Vida says that after the death of the husband his widow should sit on his funeral pyre But before lighting the pyre one of her... relative should pull her arm and say come away to the world of living i.e. and Be the wife of someone who wants to marry you Fascinating! This verse of the Rig Veda upholds widow remarriage and not Sati
13:39 Similarly Taittreya Aranyaka which is part of the Krishna Yajurveda and was written in the 3rd century BCE, also supports the Rig Vedic verse. Aranyaka is that part of the Vedas that detail rituals rom different perspectives And Krishna Yajurveda.. is the second part of the Yajurveda, where Yajurveda is the third Veda, the first part of Yajurveda is Shukla Yajurveda So the Taittreya Aranyaka says the same thing that the widow should lie down on the funeral pyre and then he should be called back saying that she can marry someone else So if two heavy religious texts support widow remarriage and not sati so then why was sati happening at this time? Its something to ponder over, because it is not just Keteus' widow
14:28 that performs Sati during this time, Mahabharata was also being written at this time and there also Sati finds many mentions. It's possible that Mahabharata'[s sati happened before that of Keteus because Mahabharata was first composed orally and then was written from 5th c BCE onwards I had made a video on this also You can see the video by clicking here It's possible that Mahabharata's examples of Sati happened before and were written about later But earliest written instance is still that of Keteus' widow. Mahbharata mentions the sati of Madri Madri was the second wife of Pandu. Pandu was the father of Pandavas and was cursed by Rishi Kindama By Kinam that if he ever got physically tempted and acts upon that with his wife
15:19 then he will die. And thats what happened because dude's got no self control And Because his outta control moment was with Madri, she became Sati with him. Madri, by the way, and this is a really weird part, before committing sati says to Kunti who was Pandu's first wife That Madri must only becomes sati so that Pandu can finish his outta control moment with her Ugh! You cant burn a kid for that man! anyway... Madri became Sati and after many years this entire incident will be depicted in a unique painting of Birla Razmnama, which you can see on your screen right now The complete story of Pandu and Madri is depicted in this painting. Pandu got cursed, became outta control
16:06 and Madri became sati. Razmnama was a project patronized by Mughal emperor Akbar. This was the Persian translation of the Mahabharata and its 1605 AD copy is called Birla Razmnama. This is one of the three copies of the Razmnama and this is only one we have in its entirety In the Mausal Parva of Mahabharata, Vasudev who was the biological father of Krishna Said Biological because Krishna also had a foster father, Nand. Anyway so Vasudev had 4 wives were Devaki, Bhadra, Rohini and Madira. And all four would become Sati on Vasudeva's death. Yes four women were burnt alive because one man died
16:54 Even on the death of Krishna himself, four of his many queens Rukmini, Saibya, Hemvati and Jambvati committed sati but this number in Vishnu Purana is said to be eight i.e. Eight queens committed sati with Krishna. In this manner Not in Mahabharata but in Bhagwat Purana.. It is said that after the death of Dhritarashtra, Dhritarashtra was Duryodhana's father. On his death, his wife Gandhari also became Sati. But but but the most whaa?? Sati of Mahabharata is is Draupadi's sati. So in the Virat Parva, when all the Pandavas and Draupadi were living in a disguised state and Draupadi was named Sairandhri or Malini and was employed in..
17:44 King Virat's palace, she was ordered to commit Sati with Kichaka Now Kichaka takes a fancy towards Malini aka Draupadi Keechak pursues her and on finding her alone embraces her! Hello Kichak Consent, what's going on, boss? Draupadi starts crying, pushes Kichaka and starts running towards Virat's court room. There Kichaka grabs Draupadi by her hair, throws her on the ground and.. kicks her. And all of this in front of the whole gathering where Draupadi's five husbands are seated too. Couldnt save her earlier couldnt save her now Later Bhima and Draupadi make a plan
18:33 And kill Kichaka. Then Virat orders that Draupadi becomes sati on Kichaka's funeral pyre, as Kichaka has died because of Draupadi no sir he is dead because he is a despo, blame everything on the woman, why dont you Anyway, the people at the court violently pick up Draupadi and take her to Kichaka's funeral pyre and.. tie her to the pyre and were just about to set it ablaze that Bhima comes over there and scares them away.. saves Draupadi's life. But wow boss Draupadi how much violence has she.. suffered in the Mahabharata! Absolutely shocking! This is the status of women in ancient India, please take notes. When the last part of Mahabharata i.e. Harivamsa was being written in..
19:24 4th century AD then instances of sati increase manifold. Sati becomes very popular around 400 AD which eliminates all the myths that claim that this tradition came when the Turks came into the subcontinent Yes brother, blame everything on the Turks If we look at texts then the mention of Sati increases during the Gupta period which is your golden age and all. Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava poem.. in its 4th canto Rati who Kamadeva's wife goes to commit sati because her husband Kamdev was burnt to ashes by Shiva with his Trinetra but Rati is..
20:10 asked to not commit sati by this announcement that her husband will be alive in the future so she shouldnt become sati as in reality her husband is not dead. Also note that if Rati had become Sati then it would be Anumarana Sati. Because her husband was already burned in a separate pyre. In this century a playwright, Shudraka's play Mrichhakatikam's protagonist.. Charu Dutta, the hero of the play, his wife Dhuta was ready to become sati for him But coming out of plays and in the real life, Bhanugupta who was a Gupta king his 510 CE Eran, Madhya Pradesh Inscription mentions his father Goparaja who..
21:02 according to the inscription was involved in a famous battle in which he died so his wife clinging to him committed Sahamarana sati on his pyre only Before this Bhasa, another playwright, wrote two plays Urubhanga and DutaGhatotKacha which were adaptations of Mahabharata in that Abhimanyu, Jayadratha and Duryodhana's wives.. commit sati. There are enough real life incidents and more will be narrated in a bit But Sati being so popular in fiction indicates that Sati was quite popular in Gupta society because fiction...
21:47 Always accurately conveys moral sensibilities of a society. But not just fictional and real life, Sati is mentioned in legal treatises too. Harita who was one of the writers of Dharmashastras writes that the wife who cries during her husband's absence and rejoices in her husband's happiness, who dies, when he dies is a good and loyal wife. What kind of society is this? Glorifying a woman being burnt alive! Another Dharmashastra writer Apastamba writes That if a woman resolves to commit Sati then refuses to commit sati then she becomes impure. And only becomes pure when she follows the Prajapatya ritual that involves extreme intermittent fasting After that the same rituals have to be followed.
22:36 like Shave the widow's head, make them wear white, keep them away from society etc. But these concessions are not found in Parashara Smriti. Parashara Smriti along with Narada Smriti and Manusmriti forms the three main texts of Dharmashastras. According to Chapter 4 verse 32 of Parashar Smriti, the woman who becomes sati... stays in heaven for as many years as there are hair on the human body. What a comparison, boss! Could have just directly said stays in heaven for countless years, but he wanted to be erudite, no?! So this is now confirmed that Sati has existed since 317 BC and Becomes even more popular during the Gupta period But this is the absoluteness of becoming Sati reduces a little from 7th century onwards, however Agni Purana chapter 222 verses 19 to 23 say
23:32 That a woman who commits sati with her husband will go to heaven. Similarly Vishnu Smriti says that one of the many duties of a woman is to become sati on husband's death or for her entire life... maintains her purity. Ved Vyas Samhita written during this time also says something similar and adds that the woman who commits anumarana sati i.e. burns separately from the husband's pyre obtains perfection According to Angirasa Samhita, if the husband before his death has murdered a Brahmin or has cheated a friend then all these sins are atoned by Sati Atone for your own sins, bro! Why burn a woman for it?
24:17 This samhita also says that a woman who is sati goes to heaven, the one who doesnt commit sati is born a woman again and again So? What is wrong in being born a woman?? At the same time, we come across a powerful critique of Sati by Banabhatta who is the court writer of the 7th century king of Kannauj, King Harshavardhan, Bana writes in his play Kadambari that... Sati is followed by illiterate people And this is a childish act. Killing yourself on the husband's funeral pyre doesn't help the husband. The woman who commits suicide goes to hell And not heaven. Alive, she can still do some good but... By killing herself she only creates misery for herself and the husband Wow man bana super impressive stuff!
25:11 In this century Bana also wrote the chronicle of Harsha called Harsha Charita in which he says that Harsha's sister Rajyashri after her husband's death Goes to the forest to commit Sati. But Harsh comes in the nick of time to prevent her from committing Sati. She starts crying after meeting her brother. But others forbid her to cry because King Harsha was getting perturbed by it. She's crying, let her cry! What the hell, grief police is on duty there . It also becomes quite clear that Instances of Sati did not increase by the coming of the Turks Rather if you look at eyewitness account from 14-17/18th century it is clear that
26:01 Delhi Sultans and Mughals tried to reduce Sati Similar accounts are also in Ibn Battuta's Rehla Ibn Battuta was a jurist by profession and and a traveler and writer by hobby and was in India in the 14th century In Muhammad Tughlaq's court. Yes, that famous Tughlaq. You guys make anyone a villain, you have got no chill Well Batuta Sahib informs us that if anyone wanted to commit sati in the sultan's dominions then.. she was required to take permission from the sultan and he usually would grant permission
26:48 Later, when we will look at accounts of Francois Bernier to know if Sati was forced or not, then.. we will know that this permission was not so easily obtained and that the widow does not.. become sati such attempts were made According to Batuta, Sati at that time was.. considered a great act in the society. It was not compulsory but if the widow practiced sati Then her family would get respect and prestige and the widow who wouldnt commit sati She would live in misery and was not considered a faithful wife And People would start doubting her, well Batuta Saw the sati of three widows
27:35 who were wives of three different men who died fighting. All three did anumarana sati Batuta doesnt use this word but it is clear from the manner of the sati that it was anumarana all three women feast and fast for three days, there's dancing and singing. On the fourth day the ride horses with Brahmins to a forest where there was... also a small lake where they bathe and take off all their jewelry and clothes and wear two coarse garments that were unstitched and these women had tie these garments to their body in order to wear them Then three pyres were burnt and there..
28:21 were many men holding blocks of wood and ghee in their hands. The fire was covered from the women so that they dont get scared looking at the fire. I already have triggered a lot of my anxiety even though I have read this incident four times already. Then these women bow to the fire with folded hands and then jump into the fire Jumping into blazing fire, so painful man! Drums start playing as soon as they jump into the fire And ghee, wood etc. are added to the pyre. And Battuta says that from the widow's cries to the beating of the drums there was so much noise that he almost fell off his horse and..
29:07 Couldn't even see the rest of the scene The procedure of Sati as narrated by Battuta is also in Raghunanda's book Smriti Tattva in its chapter titled Shuddhi Tatva This book was written in the 16th century Where the widow takes bath, wear white unstitched clothes and resolves to become Sati then summons the Ashta Dikpal, guardians of eight directions like Surya Indra etc. to be a witness to her sati. Then takes three rounds around the fire, then mantras from Rig Veda and Puranas are chanted The widow says Namo Namah and jumps into the fire Before we come to two important questions as to whether Sati was forced
29:57 and was it just an upper caste phenomenon, Examples of mass sati are also found in India. Duad Babosa is a Portuguese officer and especially in India in the 16th century. were present in Malabar, they say that their In a record of travels whose name was In the Book of Du Eight Babosa he writes that the king and his nobles often He had many wives and gave them all to the king. Sati after death or death of nobles It was necessary because this would bring honor to the king. Tha man tha barbarossa says if die If the man is of lower rank then his widow It was mandatory to burn with it but if
30:45 If the person who dies is of high rank or rich then his Wife or wives a few days after the husband gets burnt Later she used to do Sati and then this type of Sati He describes what Ibn Battuta It is very similar to the account of, so I I won't go into details here except Barbossa says when the widow in the fire If she jumps then the people around her Ghee etc. was added so that its The burning can happen quickly which may be a problem for that woman. Barbosa also says that it will be less painful for It is said that in general almost all the women practiced Sati. but if no one is there then he It is considered a disgrace to the family and if If this widow is young then she should also have a Devdasi. Is made i.e. donate to the temple
31:34 Devdasi Institution is given a Highly Exploitative You can try it in a traditional way in the end Babosa says that when the king dies So 400 to 500 women who are their wives If there are concubines etc., they also become Sati. 500 Vomits Alive Not Kicking Will Burn Because the king has lost all humanity etc. Is this understanding left? Was this century all voluntary sati i.e. Did these women want to commit sati on themselves? not often enough we have enough There are examples where women were subjected to Sati. was forced to happen
32:21 We get examples from many sources like That France Bernia Baniya was a doctor He was a quack, how much medicine had he studied? In a pre allopathic world Rabi Jaane But Hi Was a physician to everyone's blue eyes Alcoholic Dara Shukh Ho Jiye Yes Dara Shukh ho was a raging alcoholic who probably more than two in your entire life Dara Shako Wood Would Not Have Fought Made a Better Ruler or What Ever Any Mughal Spear head the decline with such finesse Couldn't do as much as Fuzzy Aurangzeb Well Bernier was in India in the 17th century and In his book Travels in the Mogul It was written in Empire that the instances of Sati were first were reduced significantly because the king wanted
33:09 That this heinous crime, this violent custom can be reduced but it is directly and Couldn't do it legally because he was from India Do not let people's religion be affected Wanted Very Very Important So I Will Repeat because that is the religion of the people of India. Don't want to let today come to me That's why he tried to reduce sati Used to do indirectly, first of all like That Ibn Battuta had also told that the Mughal governor No one should commit Sati without permission She could have done so and only then would she have received permission to commit Sati. when the Governor was satisfied that There should be no pressure on a woman to perform Sati i.e. To ensure that she is not forced, she used to send to Muslim Vaman so that he
34:00 Reason with him and make him understand that If she wants, she can refuse Sati Baniyar says that in his time Sati Most incidents occurred where no muslim governor Muslim governors as per appointments No Like a 12 year old widow in Lahore who was trembling before committing Sati and She was crying and was forced by the brahmins. Was seated on the funeral pyre and his hands His feet were tied to the pyre so that if he If you run, you won't be able to run away. You know I had thought.
34:52 You will be triggered by this just by reading. But now that I am telling you, I want even more Getting more triggered says Bernier. that he burned a lot of videos Have seen them running away from the funeral pyre but they Pushed back into the pyre with long sticks O man doesn't just have a hole in Your Heart To Do That To A Proper Human Being It's Just Absolute Disp Cable Banier It is said that there was an option to refuse Sati. No, otherwise many women do not commit Sati. Because if he does not commit Sati then he was considered degraded and nothing to do with it Bernier did not make money here
35:39 Bendas Savi also mentions the widow Powerful Nobles of the Mughal Court of the Century Danishmand was Khan's Dabir i.e. scribe or When the writer died, his widow brought to commit sati but before The women of the Mughal court attacked Badi Das. Explained to the widow that she should not commit Sati. The kids are still quite young but not Bindu Then when he was made to sit on the funeral pyre, Bernier told him that if he did not commit sati So Danishmand Khan promises that his Pension of two crowns every month to children Will give age and if anyone does sati with him If you are forcing something to happen then punish it. will be done and if she refuses to commit Sati If it does, then its reputation will also be affected.
36:27 She won't come but when she still doesn't agree then Barnia said that if she becomes Sati So his children will not get any pension. He had promised her after hearing this She refused to commit Sati and became a Brahmin. I realized from there that there would be no work here. This has been saved, later Bernier will save this Also thanked for Banier Might Have Did 50 Things Just to Save This One Woman I have earned the rewards of the whole world. He witnessed another incident in Bernier Rajas. It is also told where a woman became sati and her Along with him, his five slave women also became Sati. Six women were burnt because one of them was a woman.
37:12 Husband is gone so horrible my life is just Don't Matter Do De Bernier Quite Here He also says sensible things, he says that This all happens due to conditioning because Women are taught from a young age That doing Sati is a matter of pride and a good deed. And a single woman is only a Sati and she is honourable. Not love not affection it's all a game of honor Memon Must Die to Save Some Community Honor If she doesn't do this then she is a disgrace What a ridiculous concept the boss is funnily for. Bernier This was a mechanism devised by Husbands to ensure that their wives Don't give poison, they also know that brother we are
37:59 Going to Treat Her So Bad She Might Just Want to give us poison but for the sake of sati The Most Shocking and Scariest Episode in Times It has been narrated that there was a newspaper that Time is a witness to this incident. A witness to this incident is a witness. He was a British man who died on 20 November 1820. After the death of a Brahmin in AD 14 year old wife mind you 14 year old younger A funeral pyre was brought to the child for committing Sati. The funeral pyre was raised by his uncle Shivlal I applied it, but as soon as the girl started burning, It was natural that she ran away from the funeral pyre. On Human Response he was told by his uncle and some And people came together and held hands and feet. Thrown back into the fire but he again She ran away and this time ran towards the well.
38:49 And she lay down in the water nearby and cried. When it started, Shivlal took a white sheet and The girl was asked to sit on it. refused saying that he would like to see her again Throw them in the fire and ask for mercy Said that she would leave the house and start begging. Will take but not back into that fire Shivlal told her that if she If it sits on the white sheet then take it home The girl sat down and covered herself in the sheet. Wrapped the girl with a bamboo rod and then This Lady's End Gentleman is absolute Murdered girl tries to escape again
39:35 but this time he killed him with the sword Went and his body became Sati of Shivlal Along with some other people, they were again sentenced to two years. Only two years old and this shameless crime happened There were 200 Specters, no one said that. The girl is the boss, let it be she's literally bagged for every Was life a forced Sati? Yes, Sati. Was forced in many instances and then Even today it is still a crime against humanity. Now coming to the last but very important one Question: Is Sati only for upper caste women? No, we had some incidents. There are also stories of low caste vomiting becoming Sati and
40:22 British statistics also show the same That although 50 Sati Brahmins and Kshatriyas This makes it clear that it came from a cast. That's a Considerable Portion of Sati Low Cast Vomiting was also an incident of Raka Devi which She was the daughter of a potter and her Jai Singha was going to marry Siddharaj Which was in Gujarat in 11th and 12th century. Chalukyas were Salanki rulers who already had 16 We come to know from Raas Mala that the wives were That Siddharaj married a potter's daughter Didn't want to get married, cast issues, well Raka Devi was not married to Siddharaj but Ra Khengar II becomes the second
41:08 Who is from Junagadh of Chud Sama Dynasty. The dynasty whose king was Ra Graha or Ra There was also Graha who built the Somnath temple. Pilgrims in the time of the original king I often looted even an episode beyond this. If you haven't seen it, I'm here I will link it, you can see it by clicking Rakh Hangar II annexed the territory of Siddharaja. attacked and killed his future wife Siddharaj avenged this insult by marrying attacked Junagadh and captured it It took me almost 12 years to complete this attempt. Hangar II died in 1125 AD Siddharaja then lifted Raka Devi and Took with me while according to Raas Mala He also had two sons from Ash Hangar and
41:56 Siddharaj got both his sons killed And asked to marry Raaka Devi But Raka Devi expressed her desire to commit Sati. When she sat on her feet and was set on fire Siddharaj made a last attempt to save him Then Raka Devi said that if he If you want to become her husband in birth Siddharaj may also get burnt along with them but Siddharaj refused and requested Raka Devi. After committing Sati there is a Sati Mata's house. There are three important things about the temple too. Siddharaj's Absolute is interesting. Brutality kills two small children Remember the chapters of Manu Smriti on giving According to seven verses 96 of the victorious king full on the wives of the defeated king
42:43 I have control, I have a short on this I also made a video if you haven't seen it. I will link it here so you can see So according to this, Siddharaj's brutality It is justified to raise them against Raka Devi. take away and kill both her husband and child After this it should be known that this What was the value of women in Hindu times? Society Another woman will get the same husband in the next life. Sati could have happened for women and not for men Siddharaj refused to give battle to Devi that And he will not burn in fire, obviously he is a man He Can Say No to Anything and Still Be Society Raja Son, the third world could also have been Sati. However, in the case of Raka Devi, her husband Widows of Kshatriya and upper caste men
43:34 Sati was often practiced but what lower caste Men's widows also used to practice Sati. Yes, ours. There is also an example of this in this report This is also the report of Times, Bar Nagor Widow of a Washerman from Calcutta That is, there is a description of Sati of the washerman's wife. They wore only a red drape for Sati. She was not wearing any jewelery and was wearing a scarf with her dead husband. She went near him and lay down on the funeral pyre. and heavy wooden Blocks were placed so that it was absolutely Neither his nor his year old child could escape. A one year old child should be orphaned if the pyre is lit. Gone because Sati is necessary, isn't it brutality?
44:21 When the pyre started burning, four strong The man placed four bamboo sticks on the pyre and lit the fire. put pressure on the widow so that she could move from there Bhina Sake Imagine The Fright British Officer Those who saw this say that when the fire When I touched the woman's knees, she started writhing and The scene became so unbearable that the officer The officer had to leave midway and also Told that in the crowd the widow's mother and There was a sister too but no one showed any compassion. No Showed You Know the Only One Truly Alive in All this was the woman I am becoming sad Atalist, when she was burning, her hands and legs were burning. She was killing these people who remained silent even after seeing her. standing as if there was no life in them
45:09 you are dead boss that No, after reading and hearing all this I feel like a woman. So reduced to nothing, what a checkerboard woman she is. That if you are a 14 year old in this Hindu society That you can throw a girl in the fire one 12 One year old girl pushed into fire with sticks If you can then how can you respect women? What are you pretending that you respect me? Vaman and whoever is thinking that this is only It used to be that now Vaman lives the best life. Look Around you women even today are burnt at the Stake If Not Literally Than Certainly Metaphorically this was today's episode if I'm a little triggered so yes I am here, what will you do with me? How did you like this episode in the comment section?
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