I was reading this blog on SATI ritual which is referred to Atharva Veda.

I was reading this blog on SATI ritual which is referred to Atharva Veda. I don't think this is part of veda by its mere call of women to die along with her husband. 

http://mrugendram.blogspot.in/2012/05/sati-should-woman-die-on-husbands-pyre.html
http://mrugendram.blogspot.in/2012/05/sati-should-woman-die-on-husbands-pyre.html

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  1. Anantha NarayananFebruary 19, 2013 at 1:21 AM

    Can anyone translate the atharva veda 18-3-1

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  2. Vasudevan TirumurtiFebruary 19, 2013 at 3:57 AM

    to translate the vedas mere samskrit knowledge is not enough. one needs to be a mimamsaka to do that.

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  3. Anantha NarayananFebruary 19, 2013 at 5:20 AM

    but a literal translation does it propose sati?

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  4. Rudra CFebruary 19, 2013 at 1:22 PM

    Tv ji,
      I also request you to literal translate Atharva veda 18-3-1 if you can.

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  5. Vasudevan TirumurtiFebruary 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

    Anantha Narayanan
    no it does not.
    but you need not even go to vedas. look at the dharma sastra and it tell nowhere abt sati. it is a social practice that came abt for certain reasons.

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  6. Vasudevan TirumurtiFebruary 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

    Rudra C
    no i dont have that much of samskrit knowledge.

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  7. Anantha NarayananFebruary 20, 2013 at 4:11 AM

    hm, that was the clarification I was looking about. thanks a lot Vasudevan Tirumurti

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  8. Rudra CFebruary 20, 2013 at 6:17 AM

    Thanks Tvji.
    I always thought that this practise arouse in Rajputs out of necessity.

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  9. Anantha NarayananFebruary 20, 2013 at 6:40 AM

    that is a new information for me though...I had never researched on this before...

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  10. Vasudevan TirumurtiFebruary 20, 2013 at 6:55 AM

    oh there is a lot that has been thrust on us! I have stopped bothering abt that.

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  11. Anantha NarayananFebruary 20, 2013 at 6:58 AM

    hm, true. but we should be educating others. we should be doing our karma...

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