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# Matsyapurana 6.1

Matsyapurāṇa 6.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.6.1)

kaśyapasya pravakṣyāmi patnībhyaḥ putrapautrakān  
aditirditirdanuścaiva ariṣṭā surasā tathā //

> Sûta, addressing the sages who were listening to his narrations with wrapt attention at Naimiśâraṇya, said:—“O, sages! I shall now enumerate to you the names of Kaśyapa’s sons that he had from his 13 wives. Aditi, Diti, Danu, Ariṣṭâ, Sursâ, Surabhî, Vinatâ, Tâmrâ, Krodhavaśâ, Irâ, Kadru, Viśva and Muni were the thirteen wives of Kaśyapa.—1-2.  
> — 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.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.6.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.70.22) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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