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Markandeyapurana 15.8

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 15.8

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Sanskrit

15.8

kalāyāna kalamān mudgān godhūmānatasīstathā /
śasyānyanyāni vā hṛtvā mohājjanturacetanaḥ //

“For carrying off through folly paddy, barley, sesamum[4] seed, māṣ beans,[5] kulattha beans,[6] mustard-seed,[7] chickpeas,[8] beans,[9] āman rice,[10] mudga beans,[11] wheat and flax, or other crops, a man void of understanding is born a large-mouthed rat resembling an ichneumon.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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