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# Matsyapurana 227.167

Matsyapurāṇa 227.167

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [227.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.227.167)

bhāṇḍāvakāśadāścaiva sarvāṃstānapighātayet.  
rāṣṭreṣu rājñādhikṛtāḥ sāmantāścaivadūṣakāḥ .. 227.166 ..

> 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

> Or they might be branded with different marks, and then exiled These who indulge with preceptor's wife should be branded with a mark fine should be 270 Panas and in case of a S’ûdra it should be 135 Panas—203  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (1)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.227.p79) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English

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- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.matsya.228.169) — Sanskrit

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