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📿 Myths vs Reality
Social Practices
What they say
Sati (widow burning) was a core Hindu practice that all widows were forced into.
The Truth
Sati was NEVER a Vedic practice. The Vedas explicitly condemn it. It was a rare, often voluntary act during Islamic invasions — widows chose death over being sold into slavery. The British banned it but also killed millions of cows and destroyed gurukuls.
नैतद् विधितम् आचार्यैः न श्रुतौ न स्मृतौ क्वचित्
“This (sati) is not prescribed by the acharyas, not in Shruti, not in Smriti anywhere.”
— Medhatithi on Manusmriti
The Rigveda (10.18.8) explicitly tells the widow: 'Rise up, O woman, come to the world of the living.' The practice became more common during Mughal rule when widows had no protection. The British used Sati to justify colonization, while they themselves committed far greater atrocities. In most of India, remarriage of widows was common and encouraged.
ॐSociety and culture in India
Society and culture in India
Indra Deva
ॐINTERNAL CLEANSING (Vaisnava Society Journal Vol.9)
INTERNAL CLEANSING (Vaisnava Society Journal Vol.9)
Written by ISKCON devotees
ॐJOLLY SERVANT (Vaisnava Society Journal Vol.8)
JOLLY SERVANT (Vaisnava Society Journal Vol.8)
Written by ISKCON devotees
ॐAMERICA IS READY (Vaisnava Society Journal Vol. 7)
AMERICA IS READY (Vaisnava Society Journal Vol. 7)
HH Danavir Goswami
Life supported by natural law
Mahesh Yogi Maharishi.
A catalogue of south Indian Sanskrit manuscripts
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Library.
ॐThe Taittīrīya-Prātićākhya
The Taittīrīya-Prātićākhya
William Dwight Whitney
ॐA catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
A catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Library. Whish collection
ॐThe correlation of v and m in Vedic and later Sanskrit ; Three hymns of the first book of the Atharva-Veda ; Introduction to the study of the Old-Indian sibilants
The correlation of v and m in Vedic and later Sanskrit ; Three hymns of the first book of the Atharva-Veda ; Introduction to the study of the Old-Indian sibilants
Maurice Bloomfield
The Dawn of Indian Civilization (Vol. 1, Part 1: History of Science, Philosophy & Culture in Indian Civilization)
G. C. Pande
ॐA collection of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
A collection of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Library. Whish collection
The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
Yogi Ramacharaka
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
ॐA catalogue of South Indian manuscripts
A catalogue of South Indian manuscripts
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Library. Collection
ॐThe Nirukta
The Nirukta
Yāska
Light of the Vedas
Manly Palmer Hall
On Noun-Inflection in the Veda
Charles Rockwell Lanman
ॐThe Tâittirîya-Prâtiçâkhya
The Tâittirîya-Prâtiçâkhya
William Dwight Whitney
Index verborum to the published text of the Atharva-veda
William Dwight Whitney
ॐTranslation of the Samhitá of the Sáma Veda
Translation of the Samhitá of the Sáma Veda
J. Stevenson