ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a cross-cultural reading of the Devi's corpse, discussing multiple issues pertaining to the figuration of the Devi as a corpse and the theme of the Shakti pithas. It lays down Devi's corpse at the confluence of several cultural streams where it would become possible to present a comparativist reading of Devi's corpse and other similar cultural and religious phenomena from diverse cultural formations all over the world. Nigurananda and Sircar offer a piece of information with respect to the practice of human sacrifice in Kamarupa, Assam, famous for the worship of Goddess Kamakhya and one of the most significant Sati pithas in India. In the pithas, Sati is not a memory, but a living presence, ever warmed by the burning lamp of her husband's loving company. In Kankhal, near the place of Daksha's fire sacrifice and the Daksheshwar Shiva temple, there is a ghat on the Ganges named Satighat.
