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== Guidelines for a Donor ==
 
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The Shastra Granthas take great care in enumerating the precautions to be taken by a donor. For, the Patrata (पात्रता । Eligibility) of the receiver, the appropriateness of the time and place of charity decide the fruitfulness of the act of donation.
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=== Apastamba Dharma Sutra ===

Revision as of 17:38, 3 May 2018

Donor or data (Samskrit : दाता) is one who consciously gives up the ownership over a thing/substance/item (eligible for dana) to another person (or community) who accepts mentally, vocally or physically the thing or material from the donor.

Data Lakshanam

Eligible Donor

Ineligible Donor

Guidelines for a Donor

The Shastra Granthas take great care in enumerating the precautions to be taken by a donor. For, the Patrata (पात्रता । Eligibility) of the receiver, the appropriateness of the time and place of charity decide the fruitfulness of the act of donation.

Apastamba Dharma Sutra