Sati

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Hinduism

Scripts सती(Sanskrit)

Meaning & History

From Sanskrit सत् (sat) meaning "true, virtuous". This is the name of a Hindu goddess, the first wife of Shiva. A daughter of King Daksha, she threw herself onto a fire when her husband was insulted by her father. After her death she was eventually reborn as the goddess Parvati.