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# Matsyapurana 113.77

Matsyapurāṇa 113.77

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [113.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.113.77)

daśa varṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca  
jīvanti ca mahāsattvā na cānyā strī pravartate //

> These great souls live for 11,000 years, and are ever devoted to their own wives.—77.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.113.p77) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.113.77) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.113.77) — Sanskrit
- [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.38) — F. E. Pargiter, English

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