Who among the following Dharmasastra writers disapproved the custom of Sati declaring it as an act of suicide?

Usana

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Angiras

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Visnu

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Medhatithi

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Solution

The correct option is D Medhatithi
Medhatithi disapproved the custom of Sati .
He considered sati system identical to suicide, which was forbidden by the Vedas according to which one shall not die before the span of one’s life is run out.

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