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Matsya

Matsya proper noun: the first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.

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Proper noun

Matsya

  1. (Hinduism) The first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.
  2. (Hinduism) An ancient kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata, ruled by King Virāta.
  3. (Hinduism) Name of one of the eighteen Puranas.

Origin of Matsya

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya, “fish”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas.

Questions about Matsya

What does Matsya mean?
Matsya means the first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.
What part of speech is Matsya?
Matsya is a proper noun.

Words near Matsya in the dictionary

  1. Matsuzaki
  2. Matsuzakis
  3. Matsuzawa
  4. Matsvei
  5. Matsvey
  6. Matsya
  7. Matsés
  8. matt
  9. Matt.
  10. matta
  11. mattaaq

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