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# Matsyapurana 20.2

Matsyapurāṇa 20.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.2)

\*sūta uvāca  
kauśiko nāma dharmātmā kurukṣetre mahānṛṣiḥ  
nāmataḥ karmatastasya sutānsapta nibodhata //

> Sûta said, once upon a time there lived in Kurukṣetra a virtuous Ṛiṣi named Kauśika. He had seven sons. Every one of whom did the deeds as connoted by their respective names. They were:—Svasripa, Krodhana, Hinsra, Piśuna, Kavi, Vâgduṣṭa, Pitṛivartî. They were pupils of Garga.—2-3.  
> — 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.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.20.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.10.49) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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