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Matsyapurana 16.43

Matsyapurāṇa 16.43

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Sanskrit

16.43

yasmādannāddhṛtā mātrā bhakṣayanti dvijātayaḥ
anvāhāryakam ityuktaṃ tasmāttaccandrasaṃkṣaye //

Because the twice-born eat the particles from the rice-balls on the occasion of the Amâvasya feast, it is called Anvâhârya.—43.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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