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488 5. Other Kinds of Charities Yagasalai Charity: The place where yaga was performed was made over to the person who performed the yaga. In 1828 Serfoji II gave this "dana " to one Reddirayar at Kumbakonam. - Dasadana, i.e., giving of cow, land, sesame, gold, ghee, cloth, jaggery, paddy, silver aud salt was also performed periodically. Daily godana and gosahasra or giving of 1000 cows on one day were also conducted in 1819 and 1832. - Gold bull and gold elephant were gifted to the Big Temple àt Thanjavur. Kanyadana or giving of a bride in marriage was also performed. Tulabhara dana is a ceremony of weighing a person against gold and the gold is then offered as gift to Brahmins. Serfoji II performed this “dana” with silver. - In addition to the daily poor feeding, the charity of providing drinking water was also conducted during the hot summer. Reference is also found to the " tila parvatha dana ” the giving of sesame in plenty to the Brahmins. - Salagrama is a "black fossil of ammonite worshipped as a form of Vishnu chiefly found in the River Gandak ", and Tulaja is performed the Salagrama dana. The Maratha Kings in addition to these, helped others who were munificent by supplementing their gifts. 19. Hospitals and Medicine - The Marathi rulers maintained an army consisting of cavalry and elephants. They had a herd of cattle and a stock of camels to carry loads. There were doctors well versed in the treatment of almost all animals in the palace. - - or - *轟 ■ - There were surgeons and poison doctors too. In addition to native doctors there were also European doctors practising western medicine. It was Dr. Sutton who accompanied Serfoji II in his pilgrimage to Benares. There was an English opthalmologist Dr. Mc. Bean skilled in the diseases of the eye.