Matsya Purana 227.148
Matsyapurāṇa 227.148
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227.148
na mātā na pitā na strī na ṛtvig yājyamānavāḥ.
anyonyaṃ patitāstyājyā yoge daṇḍyāḥ śatāni ṣaṭ .. 227.147 ..
Fallen father, mother, wife, preceptor, priests should not be abandoned, but a man doing so otherwise should be fined 600 gold pieces—147
One who practises Vaśīkaraṇa and Abhichāra practices, etc, should be fined 200 Paṇas One who sells bad seeds calling them to be good If a man takes a prostitute to another person on the pretext of taking her to some particular individual should be fined a mâṣâ of gold—144
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English