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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

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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