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Sanyāsamma Katha

 
Asian Mythology: Sanyāsamma Katha

This epic story of southern India is one of many narratives culminating in the satī (see Satī) or ritual selfimmolation of a wronged virgin-widow who then is deified. The heroine of this story is the saintly Sanyāsamma.

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