The Rashtrakutas and their Times c20.158

c20.158

The influence of these works on our age is also proved by an analysis of the objects given in charity, and of the occasions when they were given. *Hiraṇyagarbhadāna*, which was given by Dantidurga at Ujjain, has been prescribed by the *Matsyapurāṇa*;(120) the gift of an *ubhayatomukhī* cow i. e. a cow in the process of delivery, which was given by a courtesan at Paṭṭadkal in c. 770 A.D.,(121) has been recommended by the *Atri saṃhitā*,(122) which asserts that the merit of such a gift is equal to the gift of the whole earth; *Skandapurāṇa* adds that all considerations about the appropriateness of time are to be brushed aside when it is the question of making such a gift.(123) Dantidurga,(124) Indra III(125) and Govinda IV(126) are known to have given the tulāpurushadāna (i. e. the gift of that much quantity of gold which is equivalent to one's own weight,) which has been prescribed in the Matsyapurāṇa(127) and the Dānakhaṇḍa(128) of Hemādri.