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# Garudapurana 1.20.3

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.20.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.20.3)

aṣṭavargaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ ca khyātamīśānapatrake /  
oṃ kāro brahma bījaṃ syāddhrīṅkāro viṣṇureva ca //

> The eight classes \[of letters\], and the eighth is proclaimed on the petal of the northeast;  
> the syllable "oṃ" is the seed of Brahmā, and the syllable "dhrīṃ" is Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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