What is the difference between the term Brahmadaya and devadana?
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Brahmadeya (Sanskrit for "given to Brahmana") was tax free land gift either in form of single plot or whole villages donated to Brahmanas in the early medieval India. Brahmadeya was devised by the Brahmanical texts as the surest mean to achieve merit and destroy sin.
Devdana means a gift(dana) to the gods(dev). Most of the Devdana lands were made tax free. The donated land mainly belonged to the temple which employed peasants to cultivate the lands and take the produced crops after making payment to the peasants.
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devadana: it means a gift(dana) to the gods most of the devadana lands were made tax free.
brahmadaya: in early medival period king a royal people donate lot of land to the brahmins it was also called brahmadaya.