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# Matsyapurana 161.55

Matsyapurāṇa 161.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [161.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.161.55)

gandhavatyaḥ śubhāstatra puṣṭamañjaridhāriṇīḥ  
dṛṣṭavānparvatāgreṣu nānāpuṣpadharā latāḥ //

> He also beheld many reservoirs smiling with nice smelling blue and red lotuses and beautified with the lustresome swans, Kāraṇḍavas, Chakravâkas, cranes, Kuravas, etc., and various kinds of other birds echoing with the notes of cranes. Besides those, He saw nice creepers with highly smelling blossoms embracing the mountain tops.—52-55.  
> — 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.161.p17) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.161.55) — English, machine translation

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