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# Matsyapurana 46.7

Matsyapurāṇa 46.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [46.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.46.7)

atha sakhyena vṛddhe 'sau kuntibhoje sutāṃ dadau  
evaṃ kuntī samākhyātā vasudevasvasā pṛthā //

> After that Śûra, out of friendship, gave his daughter, Pṛithâ, for being adopted by Kuntibhoja, who was very old, and for that reason she also came to be known as Kuntî, the sister of Vasudeva. Vasudeva gave in marriage his sister, Kuntî, to King Pâṇḍu, for whom he bore several brave sons, through Devas.—7-8.  
> — 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.46.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.46.7) — English, machine translation

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