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2325:"The Magnitude of Netherworlds [Chapter 19]"
2190:(in Sanskrit). Vyāsa Bālābakṣa Śodhasaṃsthāna. 2000.
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2230:LakshmiLa : The Eternal Love Story
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2045:. State University of New York Press.
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2111:. Infobase Publishing. p. 288.
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2323:www.wisdomlib.org (17 March 2018).
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2304:from the original on 27 March 2023
2201:www.wisdomlib.org (24 June 2012).
2164:. Rasbihari Lal & Sons. 2006.
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1432:Marriage
1422:Maitreya
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1290:Kashyapa
1254:Narayana
1229:Sanskrit
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1178:Narayana
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637:Ramsnehi
525:Naradiya
485:Ramayana
369:Consorts
290:Balarama
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140:Siblings
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2923:Puranas
2911:Atharva
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2862:Vahanas
2832:Dikpāla
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2675:Lakshmi
2665:Tridevi
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2556:Chandra
2551:Ashvins
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1744:Krishna
1738:In the
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1556:Kakudmi
1538:During
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1489:Avatar.
1487:Krishna
1473:avatar.
1454:Avatars
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1410:Puranas
1399:Gaudiya
1365:tamasic
1359:In the
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2692:Bhumi
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