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# Matsyapurana 7.8

Matsyapurāṇa 7.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.8)

\*ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
śrotumicchāmahe sūta madanadvādaśīvratam  
sutānekonapañcāśad yena lebhe ditiḥ punaḥ //

> The Ṛiṣis said:—“O, Pious Sage, Sûta! we are very anxious to know something of the Madana-Dvâdaśî fast, by the observance of which Diti begot forty-nine sons again (after her progeny was destroyed by Viṣṇu).”'—8.  
> — 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.7.p10) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.7.8) — English, machine translation

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