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# Kurmapurana 1.8.3

Kūrmapurāṇa 1.8.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.8.3)

athātmani samadrākṣīt tamomātrāṃ niyāmikām /  
rajaḥ sattvaṃ ca saṃvṛtya vartamānāṃ svadharmataḥ //

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## Linked texts (6)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.9.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.10.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brāhmī Saṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmisamhita.8.6) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmisamhita (gurumandalseries1962)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.brahmisamhita*gurumandalseries1962.8.6) — Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa (Ananta Gokhale)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurmapurana.5.p2) — Ananta Gokhale, Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.8.p2) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar, Sanskrit

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