[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.5469 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5469 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5469 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5469](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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. - [Previous: c6.5468](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5468) - [Next: c6.5470](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5470) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Grant of the Bāṇa king Vikramāditya II](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.bana.grant-of-the-bana-king-vikramaditya-ii*kielhorn1895-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5469](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5469) · Pramāṇa