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/* Right Premises - new heading added
== Right Disposition ==
== Right Disposition ==
The qualities of a respectable transaction mentioned as Shraddha (श्रद्धा) are outlined in this section. In the Taittiriya Upanisad, the Guru imparts the student to be charitable. It mentions various conditions of charity<ref>Taittiriya Upanisad, 1:11:2 and 1:11:3</ref>:
The qualities of a respectable transaction mentioned as Shraddha (श्रद्धा) are outlined in this section. In the Taittiriya Upanisad, the Guru imparts the student to be charitable. It mentions various conditions of charity<ref>Taittiriya Upanisad, 1:11:2 and 1:11:3</ref>:<blockquote>ये के चास्मच्छ्रेयाँसो ब्राह्मणाः तेषां त्वयाऽऽसनेन प्रश्वसितव्यम् । श्रद्धया देयम् । अश्रद्धयाऽदेयम् । श्रिया देयम् । ह्रिया देयम् । भिया देयम् । संविदा देयम् । अथ यदि ते कर्मविचिकित्सा वा वृत्तविचिकित्सा वा स्यात् ॥ ३ ॥</blockquote>
ये के चास्मच्छ्रेयाँसो ब्राह्मणाः तेषां त्वयाऽऽसनेन प्रश्वसितव्यम् । श्रद्धया देयम् । अश्रद्धयाऽदेयम् । श्रिया देयम् । ह्रिया देयम् । भिया देयम् । संविदा देयम् । अथ यदि ते कर्मविचिकित्सा वा वृत्तविचिकित्सा वा स्यात् ॥ ३ ॥
# Give with respect/honour (Sraddha deyam)
# Give with respect/honour (Sraddha deyam)
# Don’t give with disrespect/dishonour
# Don’t give with disrespect/dishonour
# Give with fellow-feeling and friendly attitude
# Give with fellow-feeling and friendly attitude
In the Mahabharata, story of [[Shibi Chakravarti (शिबिचक्रवर्तिः)|King Shibi]] is narrated wherein the King explained that he does not give dana for prestige or gain. He gives dana only because it is the righteous path of dharma, on which the best have always walked.<ref>Mahabharat, Van Parv, Markandeya Samaasya Parv. Ch. 198 (Ved Vyas, 2001, pp. 1518-21)</ref>
In the Mahabharata, story of [[Shibi Chakravarti (शिबिचक्रवर्तिः)|King Shibi]] is narrated wherein the King explained that he does not give dana for prestige or gain. He gives dana only because it is the righteous path of dharma, on which the best have always walked.<ref>Mahabharat, Van Parv, Markandeya Samaasya Parv. Ch. 198 (Ved Vyas, 2001, pp. 1518-21)</ref>
== Right Premises ==
The places () where gifts are to be made are also specified in the Smritis, Puranas and digests. Danamayukha specifies that Dana given at home yields ten times as much merit (as when made elsewhere), a hundred times when made in a goshala (cowpen), thousand times when made in sacred places (tirthas) and an infinite number of times when made in the premises of Shivalinga (such as Shiva temples).<ref name=":12" /><blockquote>गृहे दशगुणं दानं गोष्ठे चैव शताधिकम् । पुण्यतीर्थेषु साहस्रमनन्तं शिवसन्निधौ ॥</blockquote>Apart from these places, riversides, oceans and important forest areas are also very sacred places to offer dana.<ref>Vachaspatyam (Refer to [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE Da - दा])</ref>
* देवीपुराणे “सर्वे शिवाश्रमाः पुण्याः सर्वा नद्यः शुभप्रदाः । Devipurana states that all abodes of Shiva and all rivers are sacred places to for dana.
== Types of Dana ==
== Types of Dana ==