sati
n.
act or practice of burning a widow on her husband's funeral pyre; widow that carries out such act; suttee (Hinduism)
SATI
Sati
satî (f)
n.
suttee, act or practice of burning a widow on her husband's funeral pyre, sati (Hinduism)
Sati
[Hindu] A Hindu goddess. She was the daughter of Daksha and the wife of Shiva. When Shiva was mistreated by her father, because Dakshadid not arrange a seat for him in the holy Yagna, she threw herself onto the sacrificial fire and was burned to death.
Satis
[Egyptian] "Queen of Elephantine", who was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians on that island in the Nile. Her primary role was that of a guardian of Egypt's southern (Nubian) frontier, killing enemies of the pharaoh with her arrows. Satis was also associated with the annual inundation of the Nile. With the god Chnum and the goddess Anuket she forms, what is occasinally referred to as, the 'Elephantine triad'. On her head she wears the crown of Upper Egypt, flanked by the gazelle horns, and in her hands she holds a sceptre and the ankh.
Sati
Sati or Satet (Egyptian) [from the verbal root sat to pour out, shoot, throw, emanate, evolve forth] Worshiped at Abu or Elephantine, the consort of Khnemu, and sister-goddess of Anqet, and the second member of a triad. Together with Khnemu her attributes are watery, so that she is depicted as sprinkling water and scattering seed. She was associated with Isis-Sothis, and at Dendera with Isis-Hathor; and was associated by the Greeks with Hera. Her temple at Abu was considered one to the holy places in ancient Egypt, for in the Book of the Dead the Osirified defunct mentions that he has visited the Temple of Satet which was one of the ancient initiation localities. With Isis she was connected with the star Sept (Sirius), where dwelt the soul of Isis.