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Garuda Purana

Traditional attribution Vyasa; English translation Manmatha Nath Dutt

Opening incarnation catalogue predicts Kalki as Vishnujasa's son amid kings' destruction. Chapter CCXXI instead invokes Kalki for present protection against sin, demonstrating that references to the future avatar are not invariably forecasts.

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Dutt 1908, Wisdom Library edited digital transcription

Agastya Samhita chapter I complete; Dhanvantari Samhita chapter CCXXI complete

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