Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1CONCEPTS OF DISTRIBUTION AND REDISTRIBUTION AND MEANING OF DANA
CHAPTER 2MOTIVES AND CAUSES
CHAPTER 3KINGS, MERCHANTS, ARTISANS AND OTHER DONORS
CHAPTER 4WOMEN AND HETERODOX MONKS AND THE SOURCE OF THEIR GIFTS
CHAPTER 5BRAHMANAS AND RENOUNCERS AS RECEIVERS
CHAPTER 6ORIGINS OF BEGGARY
CHAPTER 7GIFT ARTICLES IN THE CHANGING MATERIAL CONTEXT
CHAPTER 8GIFT-OBJECTS VIS-À-VIS EVOLUTION OF PATRIARCHAL FAMILY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
CHAPTER 9THE PLACE OF DANA IN ECONOMY
CHAPTER 10DANA RITUALISM
CHAPTER 11RITUALISM AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
RISE OF MONASTIC SYSTEM
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