Matsya Purana 220.18
Matsyapurāṇa 220.18
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220.18
kṛtrimañca mahābhāga! mitraṃ trividhamucyate.
tathāpi ca guruḥ pūrvaṃ bhavettatrāpi cādṛtaḥ .. 220.18 ..
[The friends are of three kinds (1) as they are the friends of the father and the grandfather, (2) the enemy's enemy, and (3) an acquired friend arising out of necessity Among them the previous kinds of friends are superior—17 18
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English