सती

सती

1. Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative singular feminine of सन्त (santa), which in turn is present active participle of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)
2. Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural feminine of सन्त (santa), which in turn is present active participle of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)

सती

1. Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural of सति (sati, “mindfulness”)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsatíH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sn̥t-íh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (haⁱtī), Proto-Germanic *sundī.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.tíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.t̪iː/

सती • (satī́)

1. nominative singular feminine of सत् (sat)

सती • (satī́) stem, f

1. a good and virtuous or faithful wife (esp. applied in later use to the faithful wife popularly called suttee who burns herself with her husband's corpse
2. a wife, female (of an animal)
3. a female ascetic

• → English: suttee

सती • (satī́) stem, f

1. name of the goddess दुर्गा or उमा (sometimes described as Truth personified or as a daughter of दक्ष and wife of भव [ शिव], and sometimes represented as putting an end to herself by योग, or at a later period burning herself on the funeral pyre of her husband)