Satī rite—voluntary suicide by a chaste widow at her husband's funeral.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-S-›Sati rite-voluntary suicide Sati rite-voluntary suicide by a chaste widow at her husband's funeral. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/s/sati-rite-voluntary-suicide-by-a-chaste-widow-at-her-husband Previous: Satarupa-the wife of Svayambhuva Manu and mother of Devahuti. Next: Sati-the wife of Lord Siva and the daughter of Daksa, who burned herself alive when her father insulted her husband; when a widow burns herself in her husband's cremation/funeral fire.