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Example sentences for "giving away"

  • Bathing there, O tiger among men, one obtaineth the merit of giving away gold in abundance, and his soul being cleansed from every sin, he ascendeth to the region of Brahma.

  • By bathing in Ekahansa, a man obtaineth the merit of giving away a thousand kine.

  • O virtuous one, one should next proceed to Tarantuka, the gatekeeper, and residing there for one night one obtaineth the merit of giving away a thousand kine.

  • By saluting next the Yaksha called Mankanaka, that mighty gate-keeper (of Kuvera), he obtaineth the fruit of giving away a thousand kine.

  • Therefore, by giving away my ear-rings and mail with both of which I was born I will win eternal fame!

  • O thou foremost of the Bharatas, the merit equal to that of giving away a Kapila cow in (the tirtha called) Jyeshtha-Pushkara arises from washing the feet of Brahmanas.

  • He who giveth eighty Ratis of pure gold, earneth the merit of giving away a hundred pieces of gold for ever.

  • By giving away such a valuable gift to Maghavan disguised as a Brahmana, I will, O god, acquire in this world the most exalted state.

  • By bathing in Ekahansa, a man obtaineth the merit of giving away a thousand kine.

  • O virtuous one, one should next proceed to Tarantuka, the gatekeeper, and residing there for one night one obtaineth the merit of giving away a thousand kine.

  • By saluting next the Yaksha called Mankanaka, that mighty gate-keeper (of Kuvera), cue obtaineth the fruit of giving away a thousand kine.

  • By giving away a piece of arable earth the giver attains to excellent prosperity.

  • Persons conversant with the scriptures are also of opinion that such a man may be cleansed by giving away a thousand horses with ears of a dark hue.

  • What object hadst thou in view in giving away so much wealth?

  • After the same manner, O best of the Bharatas, by giving away a shed for the shelter of kine that can keep out cold and rain and that is substantial in structure, the giver rescues seven generations of his race (from hell).

  • By giving away a hundred thousand kine unto persons deserving of gifts, one becomes cleansed of the sin of having slain a Brahmana as also, indeed, of all his sins.

  • King Prasenajit, of great energy, by giving away a hundred thousand kine with calves, ascended to excellent regions of felicity.

  • Giving away a thousand kine unto a thousand Brahmanas all of whom were fully conversant with the four Vedas, he caused them to utter benedictions upon him.

  • It is better to be produced in the world as an old barren tree or a stone, than as a poor man altogether abandoned to the vice of giving away money.

  • This, my lord, will be the hundredth time of my giving away my head.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another fact; cloth gilt; control the; different matter; easily propagated; four generations; giving away; giving birth; giving effect; giving her; giving him; giving lessons; giving life; giving notice; giving rise; giving spirit; giving utterance; giving vent; house like; hundred ducats; large yellow; must write; public building; slight depression; various readings; young state