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Matsyapurana 148.52

Matsyapurāṇa 148.52

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Sanskrit

148.52

caturdantairgandhavadbhiḥ śikṣitairmeghabhairavaiḥ
śatahastāyataiḥ kṛṣṇais turaṃgairhemabhūṣaṇaiḥ //

The chariot of Megha was drawn by many terrible rhinoceros; that of Kâlanemi by innumerable elephants and that of Nimi, by many mountain-like mad elephants. The Daityas ascended their respective chariots. The elephants were emitting juices from their temples, four-teethed, one hundred hands in measurement, well-trained, and terrible like clouds, the horses were brightly decorated with golden ornaments. The demon Mathana seated himself on the south side with a noose in his hands in a chariot decorated with a white flyflap and beautifully perforated work and floral garlands and his body decked in the sweet-scented sandal paste. Jambhaka took his seat on a camel decorated with bells and garlands. Sumbha seated himself on a big sheep-coloured white and black. Besides them many other valiant warriors marched, seated on their respective conveyances. Those great Asuras were all furious, daring, and of wonderful deeds—52-56.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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