Dhanyadana, Dhānyadāna, Dhanya-dana: 1 definition
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Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study (dharma)Dhānyadāna (धान्यदान) refers to one of the various types of gifts (dāna) according to the Dharmaśāstra taught in the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the gift to the poor is highly extolled by the compiler of the Saurapurāṇa. Then the text describes bhūmidāna, vidyādāna, annadāna, jaladāna, tiladāna, vāsadāna, dīpadāna, yānadāna, śayyādāna, dhānyadāna etc. along with their accruing results. [...] Thus it appears that the Saurapurāṇa lays emphasis on dāna to the devotees of Śiva and categorically says that if somebody surpassing śivabhaktas donates to others, his dāna becomes futile and he goes to hell. [...] If a person with devotion gives gold, cloth, fruit, dhānya [viz., dhānyadāna] or any other thing to a knower of Vedas on the fourteenth tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of magha in the name of Śiva (śivamuddhiśva) gets eternal results.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
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Partial matches: Dhanya, Dana, Tana.
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Full-text: Annadana, Bhumidana, Vidyadana, Shayyadana, Tiladana, Dipadana, Vasadana, Yanadana, Dana.
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