[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.c44.69 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.69 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.69 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c44.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.69) A passage quoted in the Dānacandrikā from the Skandapurāṇa states that a maṭha should be provided with cots and seats, should be thatched with grass and provided with platforms and should be donated to brāhmaṇas or ascetics at some auspicious time; by so doing a man secures all his desires and if he has no worldly desires he secures release (from \*saṃsāra\*).²¹⁰² - [Previous: v3.c44.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.68) - [Next: v3.c44.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.70) - [Up: v3.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44) ## Cites (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.69) · Pramāṇa