Did Hinduism in the past always forbid divorce and widow remarriage and encourage sati?

YES SURE! 1) Can a Hindu woman remarry? Yes she can i) Rig Veda, Book 10, Chapter 18, Verses 8 & 9: "?

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Valokam ghatasumetamupa sesa ehi hastaghrabhasya didhisostavedam patyurjanitvamabhi sambabhutha |' 'dhanurhastadadadano mrtasyasme ksatraya varcasebalaya atraiva tvamiha vayam suvira visva sprdhoabhimatirjayema ||' 'Rise, come unto the world of life, O woman: come, he is lifeless by whose side thou liest. Wifehood with this thy husband was thy portion, who took thy hand and wooed thee as a lover.' 8 ' From his dead hand I take the bow be carried, that it may be our power and might and glory. There art thou, there; and here with noble heroes may we o’ercome all hosts that fight against us.' 9.

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