[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 88.2 # Matsyapurana 88.2 Matsyapurāṇa 88.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [88.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.88.2) kārpāsaparvatas tadvad viṃśadbhārair ihottamaḥ daśabhirmadhyamaḥ proktaḥ pañcabhistvadhamaḥ smṛtaḥ bhāreṇālpadhano dadyād vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ // > It is best to make the mount of cotton for 100 maunds (20 bhâras), of 50 maunds (10 bhâras) is the next best, of 25 maunds (5 bhâras) is the last best. The devotee, if in straitened circumstances, may make one of 5 maunds (one bhâra) even, without exercising miserliness.—2. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 88.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.88.1) - [Next: 88.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.88.3) - [Up: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.88) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.88.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.88.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.88.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.88.2) · Pramāṇa