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sati

funerary women sacrifice
Event ritual Q208088
sati
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Summary

sati is a ritual[1]. sati ranks in the top 3% of ritual entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,281 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Hinduism[3]
  • Instance of: human sacrifice[4]
  • Subclass of: death by burning[5], retainer sacrifice[6]
  • Commons category: Sati[7]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], The New Student's Reference Work[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]

Why It Matters

sati has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] sati is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . en.wikisource.org. en.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q296637
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q296637, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 16w ago · Valtaisa varpunen · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: human sacrifice"
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