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# Matsyapurana 78.6

Matsyapurāṇa 78.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [78.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.78.6)

ahorātre gate paścād aṣṭamyāṃ bhojayeddvijān  
yathāśaktyatha bhuñjīta māṃsatailavivarjitam //

> On the following day i.e., on the aṣṭamî the Brâhmaṇas should be fed according to the means of the devotee, but he himself should not take flesh and oil.—6.  
> — 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.78.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.78.6) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.20.p448) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.6.p448) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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