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Matsyapurana 47.259

Matsyapurāṇa 47.259

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Sanskrit

47.259

hrasvadehāyuṣaścaiva bhaviṣyanti vanaukasaḥ
saritparvatavāsinyo mūlapattraphalāśanāḥ //

People will be very short of stature, and they will be short-lived. They will make forest, as their place of dwelling, or they will reside by rivers and hills, subsisting on roots, fruits and leaves.—259.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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