Associations to the word «Suttee»

Wiktionary

SUTTEE, noun. The custom and/or act of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion to her late spouse.

Dictionary definition

SUTTEE, noun. The act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche