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Sati was a historical practice in Hindu communities in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre. Although it is debated whether it received scriptural mention in early Hinduism, it has been linked to related Hindu practices in regions of India. Greek sources from around 300 BCE make isolated mention of sati, but it probably developed into a real fire sac... Wikipedia