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# Matsyapurana 87.2

Matsyapurāṇa 87.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [87.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.87.2)

uttamo daśabhir droṇair madhyamaḥ pañcabhiḥ smṛtaḥ  
tribhiḥ kaniṣṭho viprendra tilaśailaḥ prakīrtitaḥ //

> The sesamum mount of 160 seers (10 drôṇas) is the first best, of 80 seers (5 drôṇas) second best, and of 48 seers (3 drôṇas) is the last.—2.  
> — 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.87.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.87.2) — English, machine translation

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