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9) Karisytidāna (Return-based charity) - When a person gives charity to somebody, with a hope that he will return something as help or favour in future, that is called karisyatidāna.
10) Kệtadāna (Past favour - based charity) - The charity given as a return of the favour done in the past is treated as Kộtadana.
Some thinkers have put charity into four other classes -
1) Jñānadāna, 2) Abhayadāna, 3) Dharmopakaraṇadāna and 4) Anukampādāna
1) Jñānadāna (Knowledge-based charity) - To offer knowledge to other persons is known as Jñānadāna. This type of charity consists of teaching and helping those who are curious to achieve knowledge.
2) Abhayadāna (Fearlfulness - based charity) - To save those persons who are fearful is considered as Abhyadāna. Abhayadāna is treated as the greatest one among all charities. 20
3) Dharmopakaraṇadāna (Austerities - based charity) - Dharmopakaraṇadāna is that in which charity is given to those persons who follow the five great austerities (Panca Mahāvratas) very sincerely,
4) Anukampādāna - It has been elaborately discussed ahead in this article.
Charity is one of the four kinds of religion - a) Dāna (Charity),.b) Śila (Amiableness), Tapa (Penance) and Bhāvanā (Meditation).
Charity is also one of the following virtues (Punyas)
1. Annapunya - The virtue or punya which is caused by giving corn to somebody.
2. Pānapunya - Pānapunya is that which is attained by offering milk like drinks to somebody.
3. Vastrapunya - The virtue obtained by giving clothings to some needy person is known as Vastrapunya.
4. Layanapunya - The religiousness achieved by giving residential place to some poor person is Layanapunya.
5. Sayanapunya - Offering of bed to some person for sleeping is Sayanapunya.
