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# Matsyapurana 72.16

Matsyapurāṇa 72.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [72.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.16)

aṅgāraka iti khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi dharātmaja  
devaloke 'dvitīyaṃ ca tava rūpaṃ bhaviṣyati //

> “You will be known as Aṅgâraka (the planet Mars), the son of the Earth, and your form in the Divine region will be a pearless one in beauty.—16.  
> — 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.72.p13) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.16) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.24.32) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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