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== Introduction ==

== Introduction ==

Construction of temples, wells, and similar religious and charitable foundations and institutions is included under purtadharma and people of all varnas, ashramas, women and widows could perform such dharma. The Istadharma included vedic sacrifices and danas associated with them had some restrictions. Shabara in his Bhashya on Jaiminisutras (1.3.2)  

Construction of temples, wells, and similar religious and charitable foundations and institutions is included under purtadharma and people of all varnas, ashramas, women and widows could perform such dharma. The Istadharma included vedic sacrifices and danas associated with them had some restrictions. Shabara in his Bhashya on Jaimini sutras (1.3.2) refers to the smrti rules about charitable objects which are based on sruti passages as  <blockquote>प्रपास्तडागानि च परोपकाराय, न धर्मायेत्य् एवावगम्यते. तथा च दर्शनम् - धन्वन्न् इव प्रपा असीति. तथा - स्थलयोदकं परिगृह्णन्तीति च ॥</blockquote>'O Agni, who art ancient and a king, thou art to the man who desires to offer a sacrifice like Prapa (shed where water is distributed to travellers) in a desert."<ref>Kane, Pandurang Vaman. (1941) ''History of Dharmasastra (Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law) Volume 2, Part 2.'' Poona : Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute</ref>

 

प्रपास्तडागानि च परोपकाराय, न धर्मायेत्य् एवावगम्यते. तथा च दर्शनम् - धन्वन्न् इव प्रपा असीति. तथा - स्थलयोदकं परिगृह्णन्तीति च.  

Jalashaya  

Jalashaya