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# Matsyapurana 70.59

Matsyapurāṇa 70.59

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [70.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.70.59)

daivaṃ vā mānuṣaṃ vā syād anurāgeṇa vā tataḥ  
sācārānaṣṭapañcāśad yathāśaktyā samācaret //

> If, with the consent of that Brâhmaṇa, another handsome person come to them, these women should, with love and affection and to the best of their ability, perform all the fiftyeight kinds of observances of Love, favourite of man and gods, which would lead to pregnancy and which is not harmful to their soul’s welfare.—58-59.  
> — 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.70.p24) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.70.59) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.70.59) — Sanskrit

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