Sati

Sati, anglicized suttee, referred to the practice of self-immolation among Hindu windows, either by joining her dead husband on his funeral pyre, or by committing suicide later on a pyre lit by embers from that pyre.

Devi, as Sati, Uma, Parvvati, and Gauri, is spouse of Shiva. It was as Sati prior to Daksha's sacrifice (daksha-yajna) that the Devi manifested Herself to Shiva in the ten celebrated forms known as the dasha-mahavidya referred to in the text - Kali, ...

The most important and significant of these sacred sites remains the place where fell Sati's organ of generation. This place is today identified as Kamakhya in Assam, and a temple was built on the hilltop to mark the spot.

Try to have good thoughts and dissuade evil ones. Samma Sati refers to right mindfulness. Become aware of your mind, your feelings and your body. Samma Samadhi, correct concentration. Meditate to achieve a higher state of consciousness.

See also: Spiritual, World, Spirit, Death, Ritual