[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 141.19 # Matsyapurana 141.19 Matsyapurāṇa 141.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [141.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.141.19) rudrastu vatsarasteṣāṃ pañcābdā ye yugātmakāḥ kālenādhiṣṭhitasteṣu candramāḥ sravate sudhām // > Now hear about the 5 years Agni is the Samvatsara, the Sun is the Parivatsara the Moon is Iḍvatsara the Wind is the Anuvatsara, the Rudra is the Vatsara These are the cycle of 5 years The Moon presiding over them, in due time, sheds ambrosia—17 18 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 141.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.141.18) - [Next: 141.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.141.20) - [Up: 141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.141) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.141.p2-2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.141.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.142.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.141.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.141.19) · Pramāṇa