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# Matsyapurana 162.18

Matsyapurāṇa 162.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [162.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.162.18)

sabhāyāṃ bhajyamānāyāṃ hiraṇyakaśipuḥ svayam  
cikṣepāstrāṇi siṃhasya roṣādvyākulalocanaḥ //

> Then Narasiṁha after sending forth a loud roar, opened wide His mouth and began to break down that assembly After the assembly was devastated, Hiraṇyakaśyapu boiling with rage attacked Narasiṁha with his arms—17-18  
> — 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.162.p7) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.162.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.45.100) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.App.I.42A.236) — Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.163.18) — Sanskrit

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