[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Historical poems, biographies and chronicles](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical) › [The Life of Ballālasena](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita) › 2.15.7 # The Life of Ballālasena 2.15.7 Vallālacarita 2.15.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.15.7) mātuḥ śataguṇaṃ dānaṃ sahasraṃ piturucyate / anantaṃ duhiturdānaṃ sodarye dattamakṣayam // > A gift to a mother is said to bear a hundredfold fruit; to a father, a thousandfold; / a gift to a daughter is endless; that given to a uterine brother is imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.15.6) - [Next: 2.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.15.8) - [Up: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita~en-mt.2.15.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.209.33) — Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.1.p71) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.1.p71) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.1.p61) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danamayukha.1.p3) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.15.7) · Pramāṇa