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# Matsyapurana 17.45

Matsyapurāṇa 17.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.45)

tṛptāñjñātvodakaṃ dadyāt sakṛdviprakare tathā  
upalipte mahīpṛṣṭhe gośakṛnmūtravāriṇā //

> When the Brâhmaṇas have finished their meal and are satisfied, then water should be poured out on their hands and on the floor plastered with cowdung. Kuśa should be strewn towards the south, and on them the balls of various eatables should be offered.—45-46.  
> — 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.17.p22) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.17.45) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p75) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit

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