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# Matsyapurana 92.17

Matsyapurāṇa 92.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [92.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.92.17)

\*īśvara uvāca  
āsītpurā bṛhatkalpe dharmamūrtirjanādhipaḥ  
suhṛcchakrasya nihatā yena daityāḥ sahasraśaḥ //

> Śiva said:—In ancient times (Bṛihat Kalpa), there was a king named Dharmamûrti, the friend of Indra, who killed thousands of Daityas.—17.  
> — 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.92.p11) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.92.17) — Sanskrit

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