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# Matsyapurana 47.54

Matsyapurāṇa 47.54

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [47.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.47.54)

yajñasyāvabhṛthe dṛśyau śaṇḍāmarkau tu daivataiḥ  
ete devāsure vṛttāḥ saṃgrāmā dvādaśaiva tu //

> In that way, there were a dozen battles between the Devas and the Asuras in which the military classes of Devas and Asuras were killed; but it was good for the general populace.—54.  
> — 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.p20) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.47.54) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.46.54) — Sanskrit

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