WOMEN

Traditional role of women as set down in the Laws of Manu [Hindu law book (Dharmashastra)] stresses that they should not be independent, and rather dependent first on father and husband, then sons if husband is dead- reinforces filial piety
Sati (refers to an obsolete India funeral custom whereby a widow sacrificed herself on her husband’s pyre (fire), or committed suicide in another fashion shortly after her husband’s death)- particularly prevalent in traditional Hindu communities

Sati appears in Hindi and Sanskrit scriptures, where it is synonymous with "good wife”- reinforces submission to husband
“In a country that shunned widows, sati was considered the highest expression of wifely devotion to a dead husband” [1]

[1] Allen & Dwivedi 1998, Moore 2004

Narayani Devi, Rani Sati- a woman who is believed to have lived sometime between the 13th and the 17th century and committed sati (self-immolation) on her husband's death. Various temples in Rajasthan and elsewhere are devoted to her worship and to commemorate her act.