[doctorzlo]

I do not know where to ask this question.

My question is..

We all know, Sati was the daughter of dhaksha who disrespected shiva by not inviting shiva for his yagna. Some ppl finish the tale by saying, Sati went back to shiva with remorse / guilt and shame, had a heavy argument with shiva, who then burnt her with his 3rd eye, hence forth she rose again from those ashes to become ardhaangini (better half) of shiva.

However, another version has that,

Sati was humiliated by her father when she went to his yagna, she later felt immensely grieved due the disrespect given for her husband and herself, hence gave up her body by invoking yogic flames , right there at daksha's yagna.

While giving up her body, she prayed, she would take another birth as a daughter of a father whom she would be PROUD of, and then attain shiva.

The story further goes, she is born as the daughter of HIMAVAN and named parvathi, who with her penance won shiva's heart once again. This time, She united with shiva, never ever to part again.

So what exactly is Sati's story? Did she give up her body or did shiva burn her to ashes?

Is giving up body equal to suicide? Was it not considered sin?

Is it true, that hence forth, any woman who gave up the body(when healthy) was then said to have followed sati (sati practice)?