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Matsyapurana 20.17

Matsyapurāṇa 20.17

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Sanskrit

20.17

mānase cakravākāste saṃjātāḥ sapta yoginaḥ
nāmataḥ karmataḥ sarvāñ chṛṇudhvaṃ dvijasattamāḥ //

They again gave up the ghost by carrying on the penance of fasting; and were re-born in the form of Chakravâka bird on the banks of the Mâna Sarovara lake, under the following names:—Sumanâ, Kumuda, Śuddha, Chhidradarsî, Sunetraka, Sunetra, and Aṃśumân. They were endowed with the attributes connoted by their respective names and did similar deeds.—16-18.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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