Adhyaya 211
Mahādānas — The Great Gifts (महादानानि)
本章作为结语与过渡，导入“Dana-mahātmya（布施功德）”的连续篇章：既收束关于“mahādāna（大施、大供）”的总论，又为读者进入更细密的布施目录（nānā-dānas，诸种施）作铺垫。文本装置保留了异读与不同小标题（如与“Kṛṣṇā Vaitaraṇī”相关的读法），显示抄写传统及布施材料曾按仪轨作细分流传。依阿耆尼（Agneya）之法，mahādāna并非仅是道德劝勉，而是一种具技术性的“法（dharma）之方法”：包含具名的施赠形态、施者资格的设定与所许诺的果报。本章的编排凸显《往世书》的百科式教化：由宏观类别（mahādānas）转入可操作的细节（nānā-dānas），而总旨不变——净化身心、以śrāddha等仪礼利益祖先，并使社会性的慷慨与趋向解脱的修行相契合。
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The chapter preserves pāṭhāntaras (variant readings) that indicate how dana sub-sections were titled and transmitted across manuscripts, reflecting ritual taxonomy and regional recensional history.
By framing mahādāna as a structured dharmic discipline, it positions large-scale giving as a purificatory practice that supports ancestral welfare and personal progress toward bhukti (well-being) and mukti (liberation).