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Sati vs Pyre - What's the difference?

sati | pyre |

As nouns the difference between sati and pyre

is that sati is umbrella while pyre is a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

sati

English

(wikipedia Sati)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Hinduism) One of the daughters of Prasuti and Daksha; killed herself by self-immolation on a fire

    • Derived terms

    * suttee

    Noun

  • (Hinduism) Pious person
  • (Buddhism) Mindfulness as in Anapana Sati; A state of mind in meditation

    • Anagrams

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    pyre

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
  • :* For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. - Homer Iliad, p. 31
  • Any heap or pile of combustibles.

    • Related terms

    * empyreal, empyrean

    Anagrams

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "pyre")