Key Points
Incongruences in the events of the Mahabharata cast significant doubt on its depiction of sati..
In most cases, the heart of the epic had little to do with justifying this cruel practice. was known in the Sanskrit world as..
In the Adi Parva, we have reference to the death of Pandu, following which Madri performs sati..
The curious thing is that the epic informs us that Madri and Pandu are cremated twice:..