The term "sati" was originally interpreted as "chaste woman". "Sati" appears in Hindi and Sanskrit texts, where it is synonymous with "good wife"; the term "suttee" was commonly used by Anglo-Indian English writers. "Sati" designates therefore originally the woman, rather than the rite; the rite itself having technical names such as sahagamana ("going with") or sahamarana ("dying with"). Anvarohana ("ascension" to the pyre) is occasionally met, as well as satidaha as terms to designate the process. Satipratha is also, on occasion, used as a term signifying the custom of burning widows alive. Two other terms related to "sati" are sativrata and satimata. "Sativrata", an uncommon and seldom used term, denotes the woman who makes a vow, "vrata", to protect her husband while he is alive and then die with her husband. "Satimata" denotes a venerated widow who committed "sati".