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# Matsyapurana 83.1

Matsyapurāṇa 83.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [83.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.83.1)

\*nārada uvāca  
bhagavañchrotumicchāmi dānamāhātmyamuttamam  
yadakṣayaṃ pare loke devarṣigaṇapūjitam //

> Nârada said:—O Lord of the Universe! I wish to hear the benefits of that best of all gifts, that may be the giver of everlasting benefits in the next life and that may also be venerated by the Devas and Ṛiṣis.—1.  
> — 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.83.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.83.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Dānasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.38.1) — Ballālasena, Sanskrit
- [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.26.p4) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.26.p4) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.30.p4) — Hemādri, Sanskrit

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