Sati has been honoured (Cf. A. K. Coomaraswamy, Sati: A Defence of the Eastern Woman in the British Sociological Review, Vol. VI, 1913) because it is a" proof of the perfect unity of body and soul " between husband and wife and of " devotion beyond the grave ", because it embodied the ideal of wifehood, which is well expressed by Uma when she said, " Devotion to her Lord is woman's honour, it is her eternal heaven : and 0 Maheshvara ", she adds with a most touching human cry, " I desire not paradise itself if thou are not satisfied with me !
