The Matsya Purana (Adhyayas 83 and 92) speaks of ten kinds of danas called Parvatadanas or Merudanas viz. of dhanya (corn), lavana (salt), guda (jaggery), hema (gold), tila (sesame), karpasa (cotton), ghrta (ghee), ratna (precious stones), rajata (silver), sarkara (sugar).
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The Matsya Purana (Adhyayas 83 and 92) speaks of ten kinds of danas called Parvatadanas or Merudanas (Matsya Purana 83.4 to 6<ref>Matsya Purana ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%AE%E0%A5%A9 Adhyaya 83])</ref>)