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# Matsyapurana 72.34

Matsyapurāṇa 72.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [72.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.34)

aṅguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣaṃ tathaiva sauvarṇamatyāyatabāhudaṇḍam  
caturbhujaṃ hemamaye niviṣṭaṃ pātre guḍasyopari sarpiyukte //

> An image of the size of a thumb should be made in gold. Its four arms should be extensive. The image should be placed on a vessel of gold, and the vessel should be placed on raw sugar and clarified butter—34.  
> — 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.p27) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.34) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.24.51) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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