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# Garudapurana 1.72.18

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.72.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.72.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.18)

yasya varṇasya bhūyastvātkṣīre śataguṇe sthitaḥ /  
nīlatāṃ tannayetsarvaṃ mahānīlaḥ sa ucyate //

> That which, placed in milk a hundred times its quantity, makes it all turn blue  
> because of the abundance of its colour, is called a mahānīla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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