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# Matsyapurana 93.124

Matsyapurāṇa 93.124

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [93.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.93.124)

vitastimātrā yoniḥ syāt ṣaṭsaptāṅgulavistṛtā  
kūrmapṛṣṭhonnatā madhye pārśvayoścāṅgulocchritā //

> The receptacle should be one vitasti (half a cubit, or 12 fingers) in extent, but the height should be of 6 or 7 fingers. It should be raised in the centre as the back of a tortoise, and one finger high on the sides.—124.  
> — 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.93.p79) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.93.124) — English, machine translation

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