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# Matsyapurana 122.55

Matsyapurāṇa 122.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [122.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.122.55)

balāhakastṛtīyastu jātyañjanamayo giriḥ  
dyutimānnāmataḥ proktaḥ sa eva ca mahīdharaḥ //

> The second mountain, containing all the metals and rocky peaks, is known as the Unnata or Hema and is covered with the yellow orpiment. The third is the Valâhaka or the Dyutimân, full of black pigment or antimony.—53-55.  
> — 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.122.p30) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.122.55) — English, machine translation

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