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# Matsyapurana 44.20

Matsyapurāṇa 44.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [44.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.20)

dhīmatāṃ cābhirūpāṇāṃ bhūridraviṇatejasām  
teṣāṃ śatapradhānānāṃ pṛthusāhvā mahābalāḥ //

> Out of the hundred grandsons of Śaśavindu, the following six were the most illustrious, clever, handsome, wealthy, powerful, and all having the title of Pṛithu, viz., :—Pṛithuśravâ, Pṛithuyaśâ, Pṛithudharmâ, Pṛithuñjaya, Pṛithukîrti and Pṛithumanâ. Out of them, the learned in Purâṇas speak very highly of Pṛithuśravâ, who performed many sacrifices. He was the father of Suyajña.—20-22.  
> — 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.44.p12) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.44.20) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.13.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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