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# Matsyapurana 44.39

Matsyapurāṇa 44.39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [44.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.39)

kunterdhṛṣṭaḥ suto jajñe raṇadhṛṣṭaḥ pratāpavān  
dhṛṣṭasya putro dharmātmā nirvṛtiḥ paravīrahā //

> Kaiśika was the father of Chidi, who was the founder of Chaidya dynasty of kings; Kratha, the third son of Vidarbha, was the father of Kunti and the latter of Dhṛiṣṭra, who was renowned as most valiant and righteous. Dhṛiṣṭra became the father of Nirvriti, the valiant and virtuous.—38-39.  
> — 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.p7-2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.44.39) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.15.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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