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Matsya Purana 227.149

Matsyapurāṇa 227.149

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227.149

patitā guruvastyājyā na tu mātā kathañcana.
garbhadhāraṇapoṣābhyāṃ tena mātā garīyasī .. 227.148 ..

Fallen Gurus are not to be abandoned and mother should not be forsaken, even if she does a great vicious crime, for she is superior to all on account of her bearing the son in her womb and nourishing him—148

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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