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# Matsyapurana 17.9

Matsyapurāṇa 17.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.9)

yasyāṃ manvantarasyādau rathamāste divākaraḥ  
māghamāsasya saptamyāṃ sā tu syādrathasaptamī //

> The seventh day of the month of Mâgha is called Ratha-Saptamî day, named after the Sun's ascending the chariot already mentioned above as the anniversary day of the beginning of a Manvantara.--9.  
> — 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.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.17.9) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.16.9) — Sanskrit
- [Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hazra-1940.c14.s5.12) — R. C. Hazra, English

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