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# Matsyapurana 161.78

Matsyapurāṇa 161.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [161.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.161.78)

tamapratimakarmāṇaṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ  
balirvirocanastatra narakaḥ pṛthivīsutaḥ //

> They were hundreds of thousands, such as—Bali, Virochana, Prithivisuta, Narakâsura, Prahlâda, Viprachitti, Mahâsura Gavistha, Surahanta, Sunâma, Pramati Vara, Ghaṭodara Mahâpârśva, Krathana, Pithara Viśvarûpa, Surûpa, Svabala, Mahâbala Daśagriva, Bali, Meghâvâsâ Ghaṭasya Akampana, Prajana Indratâpana They were seated in groups wearing brilliant earrings—78 82  
> — 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.p22) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.161.78) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.45.72) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.App.I.42A.165) — Sanskrit

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