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# Matsyapurana 53.64

Matsyapurāṇa 53.64

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.64)

aṣṭādaśabhyastu pṛthak purāṇaṃ yatpradiśyate  
vijānīdhvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhās tadetebhyo vinirgatam //

> O Risis! the secondary Purâṇas have been deduced from the original eighteen Purâṇas.—63.  
> — 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.p43) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.64) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.16.2.83) — Sanskrit

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