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# Matsyapurana 53.12

Matsyapurāṇa 53.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.12)

nāmatastāni vakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ munisattamāḥ  
brahmaṇābhihitaṃ pūrvaṃ yāvanmātraṃ marīcaye //

> Sûta.—Hear, O Ṛiṣis! the names of the different eighteen Purâṇas. I shall enumerate them to you, as they were described to Marîchi by Brahmâ.—12.  
> — 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.53.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.12) — English, machine translation

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