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# Matsyapurana 72.41

Matsyapurāṇa 72.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [72.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.41)

bhaktyā yastu punaḥ kuryād evamaṅgārakāṣṭakam  
caturo vātha vā tasya yatpuṇyaṃ tadvadāmi te //

> I shall now describe to you the benefits that accrue to the devotee by observing this Aṅgâraka vrata for eight times or even four times with devotion.—41.  
> — 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.p34) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.41) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.24.57) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.6.p140) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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