Ji Jain dharm ke anukul dana (dāna) ek pavitra karm mana jata hai. Jainism mein dāna ka maksad sadhu-sangat, tirtha, sthānpan (temple/āshram) aur vidya ko sahayata dena hota hai, jisse jeevan ke samyak darshan aur ahimsa badhe. Dana teen mukhya roop se hota hai:

• nāśon ki seva ya bhiksha dāna (sadhus-sangat ya samudāy ke liye)
• temple/shikshan sansthaon ko dhana dena
• anna-dāna aur pālan (palan-poshan) sambandhi karyon mein sahayata

Aapke vishesh shabd “pethadshah” ke baare mein jab tak mujhe satsheet (pustakon ya srot) ki tasdeek na mile, main is baare mein nishchit roop se nahi bol sakta. Agar aap is vyakti ya ghatna ke baare mein adhik vishesh jaankari (jaise ki kisi prasiddh tirtha, samajik sangathan, ya tithi) de sakein, to main Jain dharma ke sandarbh mein us dana ki pravritti, arth (arth) aur shikshan batane ki koshish karunga.

Agar aap chahen to yeh dekhen ki kis prakar ki dāna Jain granthon ya anuyayi paramparaon mein mahatvapurn mani jati hai (jaise sadhu ko bhojan/dāna, ya mandir-nirman ke liye dhan). Mai aapki prashn ko spashtata se samajhne ke liye bas itna keh sakta hoon: kripya mujhe us dana ki tareekh ya srot ki jankari dein, taaki main uske arth ko Digambar/Shwetambar paramparaon ke sandarbh mein sahi roop se vyakhya kar sakun.