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# Agnipurana 154.8

Agnipurāṇa 154.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [154.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.154.8)

naikagotrāntu varayennaikārṣeyāñca bhārgava /  
pitṛtaḥ saptamādūrdhvaṃ mātṛtaḥ pañcamāttathā //

> One should not choose a maiden of the same gotra or same ancestral lineage, O descendant of Bhṛgu; / \[she should be\] beyond the seventh degree on the father's side and beyond the fifth from the mother's side.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.154.8) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.154.8) — Sanskrit

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