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# Matsyapurana 16.52

Matsyapurāṇa 16.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.52)

yathendusaṃkṣaye tadvad anyatrāpi nigadyate  
piṇḍāṃstu gojaviprebhyo dadyādagnau jale 'pi vā //

> The Kâmya or the third kind of Srâddha should be performed also in the same manner as the Pârvaṇa Śrâddha described above. It should be performed on Amâvasyâ. The balls of rice should afterwards be given to cows, goats, Brâhmaṇas, or should be thrown into fire or water, or they should be made over to birds.—52—53.  
> — 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.p29) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.16.52) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.9.115) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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