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Similar illustrations can be drawn from the *Matsya-purāṇa* and the *Brihat-saṁhitā* also. For instance¹ of the former verses 2 (chapter 255), 19 and 20 (chapter 270) can be compared with the latter in respect of LIII, 28 and LVI, 12, 13. Varāhamihira's is apparently the improved version in the revised edition. On this ground one is tempted to place these *Purāṇas* before the *Brihat-saṁhitā*. But Varāhamihira himself has not admitted his debt to these authorities. In these circumstances priority might be claimed for him.
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- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit