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# Matsyapurana 16.40

Matsyapurāṇa 16.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.40)

evamāvāhya tatsarvaṃ vedamantrairyathoditaiḥ  
ekāgnereka eva syān nirvāpo darvikā tathā //

> After thus invoking them by Vedic hymns, one, who is Ekâgni, should offer only one ball of rice with a ladle.—40.  
> — 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.16.p17) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.16.40) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.9.105) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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