Adhyaya 212
Meru-dānāni (Meru-Donations) — Kāmya-dāna, Month-wise Offerings, and the Twelvefold Meru Rite
火神阿耆尼由前章对施舍品类的罗列，转入对 kāmya-dāna（为达特定愿求之誓愿布施）的系统阐述：以持续的逐月礼拜为根基，并以年终的大仪式为归结。他按月份说明应献之物（其中有以面团塑成的像）及其所宣称的果报，继而提出核心的 Meru-vrata：在迦尔提迦月行十二重 Meru-dāna，许诺兼得 bhukti（世间受用）与 mukti（解脱）。本章遂成一部仪式构筑手册：须以分级尺度与珍贵材质建造须弥（Meru），安置于莲华图式之中，以 Brahmā–Viṣṇu–Īśa 为中轴，并按方位次第环列具名诸山。阿耆尼又规定布施礼法（持诵咒语、以 gotra 指名受施、戒除财物欺诈）、吉时（saṅkrānti、ayana、日月食）以及多种须弥变式（黄金、白银、马、牛、布帛、酥油、谷物、芝麻、khaṇḍa-meru）。仪式以赞颂偈将须弥认作毗湿奴之形，并以虔敬 nivedana 作结，旨在清净、提升族系、得生天界，终而趋近哈利（Hari）。
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Frequently Asked Questions
Regular monthly worship → year-end grand worship → Kārttika Meru-vrata with bathing/fasting → worship of Viṣṇu (or Śiva) → mantra-guided gifting of a constructed Meru to a brāhmaṇa (often gotra-addressed) → dedication (nivedana) for bhukti and mukti.
Ratna-meru (jeweled), Hema/Svarṇa-meru (gold), Rāupya-meru (silver), Hasti-meru (elephant-form), Aśva-meru (horses), Go-meru (cows), Vastra-meru (cloth), Ājya-parvata (ghee mountain), Dhānya-meru (grain), Tila-meru (sesame), and Khaṇḍa-meru (symbolic/segmented Meru).
It frames giving as a mokṣa-supporting discipline: purity through non-deceit, devotion-centered worship, cosmological visualization (Meru as Viṣṇu-form), lineage uplift, and final orientation toward Hari/Viṣṇuloka—thus integrating merit, devotion, and liberation.
Graded measurement logic (highest/middle/lower), prescribed weights (palas, khāras, prastha), construction rules (three peaks with Brahmā–Viṣṇu–Maheśvara), directional mountain placement, and calendrical triggers (Kārttika, saṅkrānti, ayana, grahaṇa).