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# Nandipurana 2.11.28

Nandipurāṇa 2.11.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.2.11.28)

tasya viprasya caritaṃ viditvā rājamaṃḍale  
kāmadevo mahārājo daṣṭvā kāma samīpataḥ

> This creation of gross and subtle elements is from the tāmasa ego-principle;  
> they say the senses are taijasa, and the ten deities are vaikārika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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