सती

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

सती

  1. Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative singular feminine of सन्त (santa), which in turn is present active participle of अत्थि (atthi, to be)
  2. Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural feminine of सन्त (santa), which in turn is present active participle of अत्थि (atthi, to be)

Noun

सती

  1. Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural of सति (sati, mindfulness)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

  • From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsatíH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sn̥t-íh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (hai), Proto-Germanic *sundī.

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    सती • (satī́)

    1. nominative singular feminine of सत् (sat)

    Noun

    सती • (satī́) stemf

    1. a good and virtuous or faithful wife (esp. applied in later use to the faithful wife popularly called suttee who burns herself with her husband's corpse)
    2. a wife, female (of an animal)
    3. a female ascetic

    Descendants

    • English: suttee, sati
    • Tamil: சதி (cati)

    Proper noun

    सती • (satī́) stemf

    1. name of the goddess दुर्गा (durgā) or उमा (umā) (sometimes described as Truth personified or as a daughter of दक्ष (dakṣa) and wife of भव (bhava) [शिव (śiva)], and sometimes represented as putting an end to herself by योग (yoga), or at a later period burning herself on the funeral pyre of her husband)