[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.673 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.673 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.673 - **Language:** English ### [c5.673](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.673) Dharmaputra:—“He who never offers oblations to a deva, a guest or a servant is like the dead even though he breathes. - [Previous: c5.672](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.672) - [Next: c5.674](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.674) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.673](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.673) · Pramāṇa