'Horror of Sati' or Tyranny of the Elect?
On the lack of true dialogue or discussion on the traditions behind sati and related issues.
http://hamsa.org/tyranny-elect.htm
Burning Widows Alive
An imaginary essay on the practice of widows being burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyres.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/roy.html
Kamat: The Tradition of Sati in India
Sati is the traditional Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/hindu/sati.htm
Sati
Account of the origin of the practice. Includes description of Jauhar and social situations in the Middle Ages.
http://www.vivaaha.org/sati.htm
Sati (practice) - Wikipedia
Article and an extensive collection of references.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_%28practice%29
The Representation of Sati
Includes a number of drawings by the Flemish artist Baltazard Solvyns from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, together with extracts from European accounts.
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/Satiart.rft.html
Women In The Sacred Laws - The Later Law Books
An extract from a work by Shakuntala Rao Shastri. Includes early history of the practice, and the way that the treatment of sati came to differ from treatment of other forms of suicide.
http://www.hindubooks.org/women_in_the_sacredlaws/the_later_lawbooks/page1.htm