Sati praktika Indijoje: Istorinė analizė /

This research work is devoted to the analysis of Sati - the practice of widow self-immolation in Hindu society - from a historical perspective. The topic of Sati is interesting in that it covers many different aspects (religion, tradition, politics, women’s rights, feminism) and has been, as well as still is, surrounded by conflicting evaluations. The main goal of this work is to explore the phenomenon of Sati from the perspective of different historical periods and different actors, revealing the conflicting evaluations of the practice of Sati. The main objectives of this research work are: to investigate the practice of Sati in pre-colonial India; to review the evaluations of Sati by the first Westerners in India; to analyse the transformation of the practice during colonial period; to explore the significance of Sati during the period of Indian nationalism; to analyse the practice of Sati in the post-colonial period and discuss the case of Roop Kanwar. Methodology: this research is based on a historical analysis of the Sati phenomenon. The primary sources are taken from Andrea Major's “Sati a Historical Anthology” (2007), which contains stories, memoirs and discussions on the Sati practice by scholars, travellers, political figures and reformers in the period of 16th-21st centuries. The analysis from the perspective of different historical periods of India reveals that the Sati practice has always been viewed with controversy and as a serious moral dilemma.

Grantor dc:publisher

Institutional Repository of Vilnius University

Year dc:date

2020

Author dc:creator

• Etevičiūtė, Anastasija,

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

lit

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD193300704&prefLang=en_US

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vu.lt:elaba:193300704