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# Matsyapurana 23.23

Matsyapurāṇa 23.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.23.23)

tataḥ samāpte 'vabhṛthe tadrūpālokanecchavaḥ  
kāmabāṇābhitaptāṅgyo nava devyaḥ siṣevire //

> On the conclusion of that sacrificial bath, the nine goddesses fired with love went to have a look at the moon.—23.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.23.p12) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.23.23) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.22.23) — Sanskrit

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