[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c43.148 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.148 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.148 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c43.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.148) The smṛtis, purāṇas and digests speak of the gifts of many animals such as of elephants, horses, buffaloes, of articles like clothes, deer-skins, umbrellas, shoes, which are all passed over here. But two or three of these many dānas deserve notice. Aparārka (pp. 375–376) extracts a long passage from the Bhaviṣyottara about constructing in the month of Caitra a \*maṇḍapa\* for the distribution of water to travellers in the midst of a city or in a waterless desert or near a temple. A brāhmaṇa was to be engaged for wages to distribute water and this was to be continued for four months or at least three fortnights. - [Previous: v3.c43.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.147) - [Next: v3.c43.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.149) - [Up: v3.c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.148) · Pramāṇa