Matsya Purana 272.22
Matsyapurāṇa 272.22
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272.22
uddhariṣyati kauṭilyaḥ samairdvādaśabhiḥ sutān.
bhuktvā mahīṃ varṣaśataṃ tato mauryyān gamiṣyati .. 272.21
Afterwards all the kings will be of the Sûdra origin [That Mahâpadma will be the sole monarch and a universal Emperor He will reign for 88 years on this earth He will exterminate all Kṣatriyas through his ambition His eight sons, beginning with Sukalpa, will be kings for 12 years They will be kings in succession to Mahâpadma one after another Kauṭilya will uproot all these sons, during the course of 12 years Then the empire will pass on to the Mauryas, after being enjoyed by [Kauṭilya ?] for a hundred years [or then Kauṭilya, after enjoying the earth for one hundred years, will go to heaven] — 19-22
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (1)
- Matsya — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Mauryan Polity — Dikshitar 1932, English