The Matsya Purana is one of the major eighteen Mahapuranas, an important genre of Sanskrit literature in Hinduism. It is a Vaishnava Purana and contains various stories, genealogies, and descriptions of places and rivers.
The ancient name “Nilotpala” for Mahanadi was stated in
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