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# Garudapurana 1.68.18

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.68.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.68.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.68.18)

ātāmrā himaśailajāśca śaśibhā veṇvātaṭīyāḥ smṛtāḥ sauvīre tvasitābjameghasadṛśāstābhrāśca saurāṣṭrajāḥ /  
kāliṅgāḥ kana kāvadātarucirāḥ pītaprabhāḥ kosale śyāmāḥ puṇḍrabhavā mataṅgaviṣaye nātyantapītaprabhāḥ //

> Those originating in the snowy mountains are reddish; those from the banks of the Veṇvā are moon-bright;  
> those in Sauvīra are like a dark lotus or a cloud; those born in Saurāṣṭra are coppery;  
> those from Kaliṅga are lustrous and pure like gold; those in Kosala shine yellow;  
> those born in Puṇḍra are dark; and those in the realm of Mataṅga are not intensely yellow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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