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# Matsyapurana 53.18

Matsyapurāṇa 53.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.18)

śvetakalpaprasaṅgena dharmānvāyurihābravīt  
yatra tadvāyavīyaṃ syād rudramāhātmyasaṃyutam  
caturviṃśasahasrāṇi purāṇaṃ tadihocyate //

> (4) \*The Vâyu Purâṇa\*.—The rules of virtue laid down by Vâyu, along with the glory of Rudra, in the Śveta-kalpa, is known as Vâyavîya Purâṇa. It contains 24,000 ślokas.—18.  
> — 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.p12) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.11.p293) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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