Which of the following statements is not true about the post-Vedic society?
1
Only a wife could participate independently in the Yagya as a Shrauta.
2
According to some texts, in the absence of the wife, an effigy of gold or grass could be used in place of her in the Yagyas.
3
Any wife/woman who was menstruating was not allowed to participate in the Yagya.
4
Only a married man could host a Yagya with his legal wife.