Refuting Hinduism: Widow Burning/Sati
Sati/Widow-Burning in Hinduism Many radical Indian Hindus on Quora have been constantly blabbering about how Islam is a cult, how it is immoral, how eid causes mess and violence, etc. Little do they know the flaws with Hinduism. Where do Hindu scriptures mention Sati? Dharmashastras Parashar 4.28 - A widow, who immolates herself on the same funeral pile with her deceased husband, resides in heaven for ten millions of years, which is the number of hairs on the human body. Brihaspati 24.11 - A wife is considered half the body (of her husband), equally sharing the result of his good or wicked deeds; whether she ascends the pile after him, or chooses to survive him leading a virtuous life, she promotes the welfare of her husband. Vishnu 25.14 - After the death of her husband, to preserve her chastity, or to ascend the pile after him. Atri 1.209 - The woman, who falls down from the funeral pyre, [of her husband], or who gets no menses on account of a disease, b...