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# Matsyapurana 47.246

Matsyapurāṇa 47.246

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [47.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.47.246)

kartuṃ dharmavyavasthānam asurāṇāṃ praṇāśanam  
buddho navamako jajñe tapasā puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ  
devasundararūpeṇa dvaipāyanapuraḥsaraḥ //

> For the establishment of righteousness and the destruction of Asuras, through asceticism, there was the 9th incarnation, in the form of Buddha of Divine splendour, with His Eyes as beautiful as lotus, and with the sage Dvaipâyana Vyâsa as the officiating priest.—247.  
> — 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.47.p92) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.47.246) — English, machine translation

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- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.46.247) — Sanskrit

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