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# Matsyapurana 74.16

Matsyapurāṇa 74.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [74.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.74.16)

tatastrayodaśe māsi gā vai dadyāttrayodaśa  
vastrālaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ suvarṇāsyāḥ payasvinīḥ //

> At that time the devotee should say: "O, Adorable Sun, the Supreme Self, be pleased." The worship of the Sun should thus be followed for a year, on the bright Saptamî of every month, and in the 13th month, 13 cows, with their mouths covered with gold and bodies adorned with clothes and ornaments, should be given away.—15-16.  
> — 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.74.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.74.16) — English, machine translation

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