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# Matsyapurana 3.20

Matsyapurāṇa 3.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.3.20)

śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhaś ca pañcamaḥ  
utsargānandanādānagatyālāpāś ca tatkriyāḥ //

> The five organs of perception produced words, touch, form, flavour, and smell ; and the five organs of action brought forth emission, happiness, taking, walking and speech.—20.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.3.p10) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.3.20) — English, machine translation

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