[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 48.26 # Markandeyapurana 48.26 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 48.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [48.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.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 - [Previous: 48.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.25) - [Next: 48.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.27) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.48.p13) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.48.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.26) · Pramāṇa