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# Matsyapurana 22.85

Matsyapurāṇa 22.85

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.22.85)

madhyāhnaḥ khaḍgapātraṃ ca tathā nepālakambalaḥ  
rūpyaṃ darbhāstilā gāvo dauhitraścāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ //

> The hour of midday, a vessel of rhinoceros horn, a Nepal blanket, silver, Darbhâ grass, sesamum, kine, and a daughter's son, are the eight essentials of a śrâddha. Kutsit is another synonym of Pâpa (sin) and the eight things enumerated above consume (tâpa) all sin (ku), therefore they are known as kutupâs.—86-87.  
> — 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.22.p23) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.22.85) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.11.88) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.233) — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit

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