[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) › v7.c91.83 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.83 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.83 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c91.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.83) ¹⁵⁰² सर्वेषामेव दानानामन्नं श्रेष्ठमुदाहृतम् । 'प्राणा ह्यन्नं मनुष्याणां तस्माज्जन्तुः प्रजायते ॥ अन्ने प्रतिष्ठिता लोकास्तस्मादन्नं प्रशस्यते । \*\*\*अन्नस्य हि प्रदानेन स्वर्गमाप्नोति मानवः । ...न्यायेनावाप्तमन्नं तु नरो हर्षसमन्वितः । द्विजेभ्यो वेदवृद्धेभ्यो दत्त्वा पापात्प्रमुच्यते । ब्रह्मपु० 218 10-13, 22-23. - [Previous: v7.c91.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.82) - [Next: v7.c91.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.84) - [Up: v7.c91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91) ## Cites (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.218.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.83) · Pramāṇa