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Matsya Purana 258.24

Matsyapurāṇa 258.24

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Sanskrit

258.24

āṣoḍaśā tu prāsāde kartavyā nādhikā tataḥ.
madhyottamakaniṣṭhā tu kāryā vittānusārataḥ .. 258.23

The image with eight hands should be made to hold a sword a club an arrow and a lotus in the right hands and a bow a shield a conch and a quoit in the left hands The image with four hands should be made to hold a club and a lotus in the right hands and a conch and a quoit in the left hands Thus persons desirous of wealth and opulence should follow with regard to the four-armed Viṣṇu—7 9 front and the breadth of the centre of the knees is 21 fingers, their height is 1 finger and their circumference should be three fingers—50-54

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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