Lindsey Harlan. Religion and Rajput Women: The Ethic of Protection in Contemporary Narratives. University of California Press, 1992, p. 160 footnote 8. ISBN 978-0-520-07339-5., Quote: "In this she resembles the sati who dies in jauhar. The jauhar sati dies before and while her husband fights what appears to be an unwinnable battle. By dying, she frees him from worry about her welfare and saves herself from the possible shame of rape by triumphant enemy forces."