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# Matsyapurana 145.7

Matsyapurāṇa 145.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [145.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.145.7)

pariṇāhocchraye tulyā jāyante ha kṛte yuge  
ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulotsedho hy aṣṭānāṃ devayoninām //

> During Satyayuga the Devas, the demons the men the Yakṣas and the Gandharvas were all symmetrical in their height and girth. The eight varieties of Demigods are 96 fingers in height. The other eight Devayonis are nine fingers high. This is the natural measurement of them. The Devas and the Asuras are 49 fingers in height (or seven fingers (?)—6-9  
> — 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.145.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.145.7) — English, machine translation

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