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Matsya Purana 227.52

Matsyapurāṇa 227.52

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Sanskrit

227.52

pitṛṣvasrīyabhaginīṃ svasrīyāṃ mātureva ca.
mātuśca bhrāturāryāyāṃ gatvā cāndrayaṇaṃ caret .. 227.51 ..

One who is guilty of an illicit connection with his preceptor's wife should observe the ordinance prescribed for the sin of committing adultery with a lady of one's own community. For the purification from the sin of having an illicit connection with one's mother's maid, son's wife, virgin, Chaṇḍâlî, father's sister's daughter, sister, mother, mother's sister's daughter and righteous lady or brother's respected wife, Chândrâyaṇa ordinace should be kept up.—50-51

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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