What were the elements of the practice of Sati that drew the attention

1.	What were the elements of the practice of Sati that drew the attention of Bernier?
Answer» Solution :(i) (a) The practice of SATI according to Bernier showed the difference in the treatment of women in Western and astern societies. (b) He noticed how a child widow were forcefully burnt screaming on the funeral pyre while many of the older women were resigmed their fate. (II) (a) Under this cruel practices an alive widow was forcibly MADE to sit on the pyre of her husband. (b) Hands and feet used to TIE and burnt alive. People had no sympathy for her. (c) The widow was an unwilling victim of the sati-practice. (d) She was forced to be a Sati.

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