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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study (dharma)

Vimaladāna (विमलदान) or simply Vimala refers to “pure donation” and represents one of the four types of Dāna (“gift”) according to the Dharmaśāstra taught in the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—The Saurapurāṇa describes the importance and enumeration of dāna in chapters nine and ten. It classifies dāna into four types.—In order to please Hara, donation given to a devotee of Śiva is called vimaladāna and this dāna is a means to liberation. Thus... vimaladāna, that is pure, is a means to get release from the fetter of saṃsāra.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vimaladāna (विमलदान).—an offering to a deity.

Derivable forms: vimaladānam (विमलदानम्).

Vimaladāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vimala and dāna (दान).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vimaladāna (विमलदान):—[=vi-mala-dāna] [from vi-mala] n. a gift or offering to a deity, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Dana, Vimala, Tana.

Full-text: Vimala, Dana.

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