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A great gift,--one of sixteen particularly enumerated. See under षोडशदान.
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महा—दान n. n. ‘great gift’,
N. of certain valuable gifts (16 are enumerated), [Pañcar.] ; [Cat.]
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महा—दान mfn. mfn. accompanied by
val° gifts (said of a sacrifice), [Hariv.]
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MAHĀDĀNA There are sixteen Mahādānas or “Great gifts”. They are:
(1) Tulāpuruṣadāna,
(2) Hiraṇyagarbha dāna,
(3) Brahmāṇḍa dāna,
(4) Kalpakavṛkṣadāna,
(5) Gosahasradāna,
(6) Hiraṇyakāmadhenudāna,
(7) Hiraṇyāśva dāna,
(8) Hiraṇyāśvaratha dāna,
(9) Hemahastiratha dāna,
(10) Pañcalāṅgalakadāna
(11) Dhārādāna,
(12) Viśvacakradāna
(13) Kalpalatā dāna,
(14) Saptasāgaraka dāna,
(15) Ratnadhenu dāna,
(16) Mahāpūtaghaṭa dāna. [Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 210] .
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