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Matsya Purana 259.18

Matsyapurāṇa 259.18

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Sanskrit

259.18

kṛśodarī tu durbhikṣaṃ nirmāṃsā dhananāśinī.
vakranāsā tu duḥkhāya saṅkṣiptāṅgī bhayaṅkarī .. 259.17

No image is to be made with lesser or greater number of limbs than usual. An image with some limb missing or one with a formidable appearance brings ruination on the owner, the one with limbs in excess destroys the sculptor, lean images devastate the riches, the one with a lean and thin abdomen brings about famine, the one with less fleshy appearance ruins wealth, the one with a crooked nose brings about misery, the one with sparse limbs are terrible causes of misfortune and fear.—16-17

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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