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# Matsyapurana 6.42

Matsyapurāṇa 6.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.6.42)

eṣāmanantamabhavat sarveṣāṃ putrapautrakam  
prāyaśo yatpurā dagdhaṃ janamejayamandire //

> The above-named sons of Kadru and Kaśyapa were the fore-fathers of different classes of serpents, most of whom were consumed in the great sacrifice of Jañmejaya.—42.  
> — 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.p24) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.6.42) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.6.74) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.5.42) — Sanskrit

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