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# Matsyapurana 6.16

Matsyapurāṇa 6.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.6.16)

danuḥ putraśataṃ lebhe kaśyapād baladarpitam  
vipracittiḥ pradhāno 'bhūd yeṣāṃ madhye mahābalaḥ //

> Danu, the third wife of Kaśyapa, brought forth one hundred mighty demons, the principal one of whom was Viprachitti.—16.  
> — 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.6.p7) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.6.16) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.28) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.70.28) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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