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# Matsyapurana 6.7

Matsyapurāṇa 6.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.6.7)

utpadyante pralīyante kalpe kalpe tathaiva ca  
ditiḥ putradvayaṃ lebhe kaśyapād iti naḥ śrutam //

> The Devapraharaṇas the sons of Krisâsva Ṛiṣi, and the twelve Âdityas appear at the beginning of every Manvantara and Kalpa and vanish at their termination. Diti, the second wife of Kaśyapa, gave birth to two sons, viz., Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyâkṣa. Hiraṇyakaśipu had four sons, viz., Prahlâda, Anuhlâda, Saṁhlâda and Hlâda. Prahlâda had the following sons :—Ayushmâna, Shivi, Bâṣkala, and Virochana. Bali was the son of Birochana, and the former had one hundred sons, the oldest of whom was Bâṇa.—6-10.  
> — 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.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.6.7) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.6.40) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.15.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.70.27) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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