Donation

thumb|Pre-packaged donations for Bhikkhu|monks in [[Thailand]]

Rice given to K-pop artists by fans

Burial site belonging to France in Jerusalem, Israel

The term '''''' (; ) is derived from the verb (to donate) and originally meant 'a donation'. Such donations usually comprised earning assets, originally landed estates with serfs defraying dues (originally often in kind) or with vassal tenants of noble rank providing military services and forwarding dues collected from serfs. In modern times the earning assets could also be financial assets donated to form a fund to maintain an endowment, especially a charitable foundation. When landed estates, donated as a to maintain the college of a monastery, the chapter of a collegiate church or the cathe

earning money to donate or give away

bin where clothes are collected for donation

thumb|A tula-dana balance at the Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple in Kerala, India thumb|A tulabhara donation of bananas in progress at the Chottanikkara Temple in Kerala Tulabhara, also known as Tula-purusha (IAST: Tulāpuruṣa) or Tula-dana, is an ancient Hindu practice in which a person is weighed against a commodity (such as gold, grain, fruits or other objects), and the equivalent weight of that commodity is offered as donation. The Tulabhara is mentioned as one of the sixteen great gifts in the ancient texts, and is performed in several parts of India.