[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v2.c7.s2.305 # The Purana Index v2.c7.s2.305 The Purāṇa Index v2.c7.s2.305 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c7.s2.305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s2.305) Dāna—a dharma,¹ a śistācāra,² three kinds of, superior, middling and inferior, the first and last of which are called respectively jyestha and kanistha, the lower and the higher not fit for one's own welfare, the middling is the equal distribution among the deserving, the superior gift leads to Moksa and the inferior to one's own welfare,³ he who performs sacrifice by ill-gotten wealth does not attain the fruits thereof, his gifts are not for dharma but only for show, but well-earned money given to right men without expecting fruits, merits Bhoga while Satya leads to heaven,⁴ the making of, in a śrāddha and the fruits thereof,⁵ one of the upāyas of a king, even Gods are brought under control by gifts, sixteen kinds of, done by Kāma, Ambarīsa, Prthu, Prahlāda and others,⁶ the vidhi of, enquired by Manu from the Matsya ⁷ Incumbent on all castes⁸ useless if given to a non-śrotriya,⁹ conditions appropriate to ¹⁰ - [Previous: v2.c7.s2.304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s2.304) - [Next: v2.c7.s2.306](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s2.306) - [Up: v2.c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s2.305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v2.c7.s2.305) · Pramāṇa