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This paper attempts to undertake a historical and gendered analysis of the recourses to widowhood in India. Niyoga, sati, remarriage and celibacy were the four ‘options’ that a widowed woman could resort to at varied points in history.
- Rekha Pande
Jan 1, 2009 · PDF | Sati (Su-thi or Suttee) is the traditional Indian (Hindu) practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
- Nehaluddin Ahmad
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After the death of a husband a Hindi widow was expected to livethe life of an aesthetic, renouncing all social activities, shaving her head, eating only boiled rice and sleeping on thin coarse matting (Moore 2004).
A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried. The male form, "widower", is first attested in the 14th century, by the 19th century supplanting "widow" with reference to men. The adjective for either sex is widowed.
Hindi Translation of “WIDOW” | Collins English-Hindi Dictionary. Summary Translations Synonyms Pronunciation Collocations Conjugations Sentences Grammar. Hindi translation of 'widow' widow. /ˈwɪdəʊ ˈविडअउ/ Word forms: widows. countable noun. A widow is a woman whose husband has died. विधवा nf बेवा nf. Copyright © 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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widow translate: विधवा. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Hindi Dictionary.