सप्तसन्तान (saptasantAna)
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Indian Epigraphical Glossary
Englishsapta-santāna (SITI), also called sapta-santati
merit equal
to that obtainable through progeny from their performance of
seven kinds of great deeds, viz. digging of tanks, hoarding of
treasure, founding of agrahāras, erection of temples, creation
of flower gardens, getting literary works written by poets, and
the establishment of Choultries. An inscription (Ep. Ind.,
Vol. III, pp. 88 ff.) mentions the following seven meritorious
acts a man ought to perform during his lifetime
viz. procrea-
tion of sons, accumulation of wealth, planting of groves, help-
ing people (Brāhmaṇas) to marry, getting poems composed,
erection of temples and excavation of tanks.
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