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Markandeyapurana 48.26

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 48.26

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Sanskrit

48.26

gāvaścaivodarād brahmā pārśvābhyāñca vinirmame /
padbhyāñcāśvān sa mātaṅgān rāsabān śaśakān mṛgān //

When these eight classes of divine beings were created, the lord next created other things, birds and cattle.[16] He created goats[17] from his mouth; and he created sheep from his breast; and Brahmā fashioned kine[18] from his belly and from his loins; and from his feet swift[19] horses and asses, and hares and deer, camels and mules and other animals of various kinds; plants and fruit-trees were produced from the hair of his body. When he had thus created the cattle and plants, the lord performed a sacrifice.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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