Rasarnavasudhakara 3.188

3.188

atha dānaṃ-
dānam ātma-pratinidhir bhūṣaṇādi-samarpaṇam ||

Now, gift (dāna):
A gift is handing over ornaments and the like as a surrogate for oneself.

3.188.p1

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3.188.p2

yathā mālatī-mādhave, mālatī-pia-sahi sabbadā sumaridabbahmi | esā bi māhaba-sahatthaṇimmāṇamaṇoharā baula-mālā māladī-ṇibbisesaṃ pia-sahīe daṭṭabbā | sabbadā hiaeṇa a dhāraṇijjā iti | [priya-sakhi ! sarvadā smartavyāsmi | eṣā ca mādhava-sva-hasta-nirmāṇa-manoharā bakula-mālā mālatī-nirviśeṣaṃ priya-sakhyā draṣṭavyā | sarvadā hṛdayena ca dhāraṇiyā iti |] (iti svakaṇṭhād unmucya mādhavasya kaṇṭhe vinyasyantī sahasāpasṛtya sādhvasotkampaṃ nāṭayati |) [6.11 padyād anantaram] |

As in the Mālatīmādhava: "Mālatī: 'Dear friend, I should always be remembered! And this bakula garland, charming because it was fashioned by Mādhava's own hand, should be seen by my dear friend as not different from Mālatī, and must always be worn upon your heart.' (Taking it from her own neck and placing it on Mādhava's neck, she steps back abruptly and acts trembling with fear.)" [After verse 6.11]

3.188.p3

atra mālatyā martukāmāyāḥ pratinidhitayā lavaṅgikāyāṃ bakulamālā-samarpaṇaṃ dānam |

Here, Mālatī, who wishes to die, presenting the bakula garland to Lavaṅgikā as a substitute for herself, is the gift (dāna).