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# Harivamsha 2.47

Harivaṃśa 2.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.47)

sa sṛṣṭvā manasā dakṣaḥ palścād asṛjata striyaḥ  
tadā prajāvivṛddhyarthaṃ mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ |  
dadau sa daśa darmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa  
śiṣṭāḥ somāya rājñe tu nakṣatrākhyā dadau prabhuḥ //

> Having created with the mind, Dakṣa later created women,  
> the Prajāpati of great fiery energy, in order to multiply creatures.  
> He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa,  
> and the lord gave the rest, known as the Nakṣatras, to King Soma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.2.47) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa (on the Harivaṃśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa!nilakantha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit
- [Harivaṃśaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa!nilakantha-suri) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.2.47) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.30.48) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.2.48) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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