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Rules of offering religious gifts Vydsa said : - Verse 4

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 26 · Verse 4

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Sanskrit Original

नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं त्रिविधं दानमुच्यते। चतुर्थं विमलं प्रोक्तं सर्वदानोत्तमोत्तमम।।

nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ trividhaṃ dānamucyate| caturthaṃ vimalaṃ proktaṃ sarvadānottamottamam||

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There are three types of charitable gifts the Nitya, the Naimittika and the Kamya. A fourth type of charitable gift is also mentioned viz. Vimala^ (the pure one) which is the most excellent of all the charitable gifts.