Portrayal of sati-self burning alive with the dead body of the husband-system in The Preta Kalpa of The Garudamahapurana

This research aims to investigate the portrayal of women in sati system in The Preta Kalpa of The Garudamahapurana as the reflection of the gender discrimination of the ancient society that has been mirrored through the ancient scriptures like The Mahabharata and puranas. Women have been found to be portrayed as the victims in the name of gaining the heavenly position after the earthly life by following the sati system as guided by The Garudamahapurana in the society. The condition of the women has revealed as helpless, pitiable and sympathetic since they have been compelled to go sati with the death of their husbands and they have been drawn as tools of liberating all the sins of their husbands by adopting the sati system. The required stanzas have been adopted from The Preta Kalpa of The Garudamahapurana as the primary data for analysis of portraying the sati system and the related articles of various journals and waves have been used as the secondary data for the research. The theory of patriarchy has become analogue to reveal the condition of the women in sati system.