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# Matsyapurana 20.18

Matsyapurāṇa 20.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.18)

sumanāḥ kumudaḥ śuddhaś chidradarśī sunetrakaḥ  
sunetraścāṃśumāṃścaiva saptaite yogapāragāḥ //

> 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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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.20.p10) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.20.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.19.18) — Sanskrit

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