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# Matsyapurana 47.46

Matsyapurāṇa 47.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [47.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.47.46)

hiraṇyakaśipur daityo nārasiṃhena pātitaḥ  
vāmanena balir baddhas trailokyākramaṇe purā //

> Nṛisiṁha killed the Daitya king, Hiraṇyakaśyapu, Vâmana made the Daitya king Bali a captive, by measuring the three regions. Varâha killed the Daitya Hiraṇyâkṣa with His tusks and divided the ocean into two.—46-47.  
> — 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.p15) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.47.46) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.13.184) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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