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Matsya Purana 256.26

Matsyapurāṇa 256.26

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Sanskrit

256.26

yasmād bhayakaraṃ nṝṇāṃ yojitāhyapradakṣiṇam.
rakṣāṃ kurvīta yatnena stambopadravanāśinīm .. 256.26

There is a fear of evil spirits in the house in which seeds and medicinal plants are destroyed The pillars should be circumambualated from right to left otherwise there is a fear of misfortunes The prescribed propitiatory rites should be performed to drive away the ills arising from fixing up the pillars wrongly and not circumambulating it.—25-26

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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