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# Matsyapurana 79.9

Matsyapurāṇa 79.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [79.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.79.9)

evamabhyarcya tatsarvaṃ dadyādvedavide punaḥ  
bhuñjītātailalavaṇaṃ vāgyataḥ prāṅmukho gṛhī //

> Then all these things should be given away to a Brâhmaṇa versed in the Vedas. He himself should take his meals, but then oil and salt should  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

> be avoided. He should observe the vow of silence while eating, and take his meals facing the East.—9.  
> — 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.79.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.79.9) — English, machine translation

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