Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5469

c6.5469

*sapta-santāna* (SITI), also called *sapta-santati*; merit equal to that obtainable through progeny from their performance of seven kinds of great deeds, viz. digging of tanks, hoarding of treasure, founding of *agrahāras*, erection of temples, creation of flower gardens, getting literary works written by poets, and the establishment of Choultries. An inscription (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. III, pp. 88 ff.) mentions the following seven meritorious acts a man ought to perform during his lifetime; viz. procreation of sons, accumulation of wealth, planting of groves, helping people (*Brāhmaṇas*) to marry, getting poems composed, erection of temples and excavation of tanks.