Dāna

Dāna adalah segala bentuk pemberian.

Dāna (Dewanagari: दान) adalah sebuah kata berbahasa Sanskerta dan Pali yang berarti kebajikan dari kedermawanan, amal atau pemberian sedekah dalam filsafat India.[1][2] Transliterasi alternatif dari kata tersebut adalah daana.[3][4]

Catatan dan referensi

1. William Owen Cole (1991), Moral Issues in Six Religions, Heinemann, ISBN 978-0435302993, pages 104-105
2. Christopher Key Chapple, The Bhagavad Gita: Twenty-fifth–Anniversary Edition, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-1438428420, pages 634-661
3. Shah et al (2013), Soulful Corporations: A Values-Based Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer, ISBN 978-8132212744, page 125, Quote: "The concept of Daana (charity) dates back to the Vedic period. The Rig Veda enjoins charity as a duty and responsibility of every citizen."
4. S Hasan and J Onyx (2008), Comparative Third Sector Governance in Asia, Springer, ISBN 978-1441925961, page 227

Bacaan lanjutan

• Maria Heim (2004), Theories of the Gift in Medieval South Asia: Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain, Routledge, ISBN 978-0521605137
• Vijay Nath (1987), Dāna, gift system in ancient India, c. 600 BC - c. AD 300: a socio-economic perspective, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, ISBN 978-8121500548

Pranala luar

• Philanthropy in India, K.A.N. Singh, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2002)
• Dana -- The Practice of Giving. Selected essays edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi
• Revealing Indian Philanthropy M Cantegreil et al., UBS, Switzerland (2013)