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# Matsyapurana 6.41

Matsyapurāṇa 6.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.6.41)

śaṅkuromā ca bahulo vāmanaḥ pāṇinastathā  
kapilo durmukhaścāpi patañjaliriti smṛtāḥ //

> Kadrû—a wife of Kaśyapa—gave birth to several thousand-hooded serpents, the principal ones of whom are :—Śeṣa, Vâsuki, Karkoṭa, Śaṅkha, Airâvata, Kambala, Dhanañjaya, Mahânila, Padma, Asvatara (mule), Takṣaka, Elâpattra, Mahâpadma, Dhritarâṣṭra, Balâhaka, Śankhapâla, Mahâsankha, Puṣpadaṃṣṭra, Śubhânanâ, Śankuromâ, Bahula, Vâmana Pâṇina, Kapila, Durmukha, and Patañjali.—38-41.  
> — 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.p23) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.6.41) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.37) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.70.37) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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