Two other independent sources that mention widows who voluntarily joined their husbands' pyres as a mark of their love are Cicero and Nicolaus of Damascus. Some of the early Sanskrit authors like Daṇḍin in "Daśakumāracarita" and Banabhatta in "Harshacharita" mention that women who burnt themselves wore extravagant dresses. Bana tells about Yasomati who, after choosing to mount the pyre, bids farewell to her relatives and servants. She then decks herself in jewelry which she later distributes to others. Although Prabhakaravardhana's death is expected, Arvind Sharma suggests it is another form of sati. The same work mentions Harsha's sister Rajyasri trying to commit sati after her husband died. In "Kadambari", Bana greatly opposes sati and gives examples of women who did not choose sahgamana.