History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c10.s3.55
History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c10.s3.55
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² *Ibid.*, pp. 240-41. It would thus appear that the custom of *Satī* or voluntary self-immolation of widows was then known. Bāṇa also describes Queen Yaśovatī as becoming a *Satī*, despite Harṣa’s dissuasion against her resolve to “die while still unwidowed” (*Ibid.*, pp. 149-155).