The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

XCII, T. PIOUS GIFTS. 271
8. (He gladdens) the manes with the water
(trickling down from their leaves) when it rains.
9. A maker of dikes attains heaven.
10. A builder of temples enters the dwelling-
place of that deity to whom he has erected a
temple.
11. He who causes (a temple erected by another)
to be whitewashed acquires brilliant fame.
12. He who causes (such a temple) to be painted
with (a different) colour (such as blue, yellow, and
others) attains the world of the Gandharvas.
13. By giving flowers he becomes fortunate.
14. By giving ointments he acquires renown.
15. By giving a lamp he obtains an excellent eye-
sight and exquisite happiness.
16. By giving food he obtains strength.
17. By removing the remains of an offering to
a deity he obtains the same reward as for giving a
cow.
18. The same reward is also obtained by scour-
ing a temple, by smearing it (with cow-dung and
the like), by removing the leavings of the food of a
Brahma^a, by washing his feet, and by nursing him
when sick.
19. He who consecrates anew a well, or a park,
or a pool, or a temple (when they have been soiled)
obtains the same reward as he who first made
them.
XCII.
1. Protecting (one attacked by robbers, or by
tigers, or otherwise in danger) is more meritorious
than any (other) gift.

XCII. 1, 2. M. IV, 232; Y. I, 211. — 3. M. IV, 230.— 5. M.