The Merits of Building a Temple From Agni-puran
Agni-purana, Chapter 38, Texts 1-50. | From Manmatha Nath Dutt’s “A Prose English Translation of Agni Puranam”, Vol. I, (Calcutta, 1903), pp. 142-6; adapted by M.
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Agni-purana, Chapter 38, Texts 1-50. | From Manmatha Nath Dutt’s “A Prose English Translation of Agni Puranam”, Vol. I, (Calcutta, 1903), pp. 142-6; adapted by M.
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