[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c8.s2.23 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.23 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.23 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.23) Again the Brahmanas alone were qualified to receive gifts and that from kings only. But such gifts were awarded not because by accident they were born in the Brahmana community, but explicitly to some for their sacred learning and to others for practising austerities.² - [Previous: c8.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.22) - [Next: c8.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.24) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.6.26) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.23) · Pramāṇa