[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 24.2 # Matsyapurana 24.2 Matsyapurāṇa 24.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24.2) tārodarādviniṣkrāntaḥ kumāraścandrasaṃnibhaḥ sarvārthaśāstraviddhīmān hastiśāstrapravartakaḥ // > Sûta said.—After a year a handsome cherub-boy shining like the twelve suns, wearing yellow raiments and resembling the Moon, was born from the womb of Târâ. He was a master of all the śâstras and was the author of a treatise on elephants. He was known as Rájputra, the doctor of elephants, and was afterwards named Budha owing to his being the son of the Moon.—1-3. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24.1) - [Next: 24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24.3) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.24.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.24.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.12.44) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24.2) · Pramāṇa