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Bhabatosh Bhattacharya; Bibliotheca Indica; The… · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public…; archiveorg · Dana Sagara Ballala Sena Ed. Bhabatosh Bhattacharya Asiatic Society 1983 ( Complete Intro At End); ed.… · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public… ## Contents - [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.1) — 75 parts - [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.2) — 2 parts - [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.3) — 41 parts - [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.4) — 31 parts - [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.5) — 74 parts - [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.6) — 39 parts - [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.7) — 40 parts - [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.8) — 13 parts - [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.9) — 19 parts - 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[Dānapañjikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara!ratnakara-thakkura) — Ratnākara ṭhakkura, Sanskrit, not yet digitised ## Texts within (2) - [Danasagarabhumika (Dānasāgarabhūmikā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.danasagarabhumika) — Sanskrit; 1160–1179 CE; Ballālasena; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Danasagaravidhi (Dānasāgaravidhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara.danasagaravidhi) — Sanskrit; 1169 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised ## Versions and retellings - [Dānapañjī (Ratnākara ṭhakkura)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.nibandha.danapanji-ratnakara-thakkura) ## See also: more in [Early Bengal digests (11th–13th centuries)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina) - [Dayabhaga (Dāyabhāga)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.dayabhaga) — Sanskrit; 1090–1130 CE; partly digitised - [Kalaviveka (Kālaviveka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.kalaviveka) — Sanskrit; 1090–1130 CE; partly digitised _Discussed in 13 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page)._ --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.gauda.pracina.danasagara) · Pramāṇa