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# Matsyapurana 47.9

Matsyapurāṇa 47.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [47.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.47.9)

\*sūta uvāca  
puruṣaḥ kaśyapastvāsīd aditistu priyā smṛtā  
brahmaṇaḥ kaśyapastvaṃśaḥ pṛthivyāstvaditistathā //

> Sûta said:—Kaśyapa became man and had Aditi for his wife. The former was born by the glory of the Creator and the latter was created from a particle of the Earth.—9.  
> — 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.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.47.9) — English, machine translation

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