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 Nine types of property should not be given in dana under any circumstances

सामान्यं याचितं न्यासमाधिर्दाराश्च दर्शनम्॥ अन्वाहितं च निक्षेपः सर्वस्वं चान्वये सति॥ ४.५२ ॥ आपत्स्वपि न देयानि नववस्तूनि पंडितैः॥ यो ददाति स मूढात्मा प्रायाश्चित्तीयते नरः॥ ४.५३ ॥ (Skan. Pura. 1.4.52 and 53)

sāmānyaṃ yācitaṃ nyāsamādhirdārāśca darśanam॥ anvāhitaṃ ca nikṣepaḥ sarvasvaṃ cānvaye sati॥ 4.52 ॥ āpatsvapi na deyāni navavastūni paṃḍitaiḥ॥ yo dadāti sa mūḍhātmā prāyāścittīyate naraḥ॥ 4.53 ॥

  1. Samanya (सामान्यम्) - that which is ordinary or owned by everyone.
  2. Yachita (याचितम्) - that which has been borrowed from someone.
  3. Nyasa (न्यासम्) - that which has been deposited with you in trust.
  4. Aadhi (आधि)- that which has been pawned with you.
  5. Dana (दानम्) - that which has already been given once.
  6. Dana dhanam (दानधनम्) - that which has been received in dana.
  7. Anvahita (अन्वाहितम्) - that which has been kept in trust with X, who has placed it in safe-keeping with Y.
  8. Nikshipta (निक्षिप्तम्) - that which has been entrusted to someone.
  9. Sanvaya Sarvasva Dana (सन्वय सर्वस्वदानम्) - giving away everything despite availability of descendants.

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