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immolation

इम्मोलेशन / इम्मोलेशण / इम्मोलेशनःnoun

आत्मदाह

Definition

killing or offering as a sacrifice

Examples

कन्या भ्रूण हत्या आम बात थी और सती प्रथा में उसके पति की चिता पर पत्नी को आत्मदाह के लिए भी समय समय पर बलपूर्वक प्रोत्साहित किया जाता था|

female infanticide was common and the practice of sati the immolation of the wife on her husband is funeral pyre was encouraged sometimes even forced.

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