[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 88.2 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 88.2 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 88.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [88.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.88.2) tām alaṃkṛtāṃ brāhmaṇāya dattvā pṛthivīdānaphalam āpnoti || > By bestowing such a cow upon a Brâhmana, after having decked her with ornaments, he obtains the same reward as if he were to bestow the earth (upon him), > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 88.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.88.1) - [Next: 88.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.88.3) - [Up: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.88) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.88.2) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.81.p2) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.88.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.88.2) · Pramāṇa