The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
A Hindu widow burned to death on the funeral pile of her husband; also, such an act.
A former custom requiring a Hindu widow to immolate herself on the funeral pyre of her husband; also, the widow so immolated.
n. [Sanskrit] A widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her husband ;-the sacrifice of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband-formerly practised in India.