Matsyavatara, 惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补, Matsya-avatara: 12 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渇ish incarnation鈥� of Vi峁ａ箛u and was once depicted and worshipped in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) as mentioned in the N墨lamatapur膩峁嘺.鈥擳he N墨lamata refers to this incarnation in the legend of the birth of Ka艣m墨ra. It is stated that the movable and immovable creation is destroyed at the end of a manvantara. The whole world changes into a sea with water alone鈥攁 form of 艢iva himself鈥攅xisting all around. Then appears Sat墨 in the form of a boat in which the future Manu places all the seeds. Vi峁ａ箛u, in the form of Matsya, carries that boat by means of his horn and fastens that to the peak Naubandhana.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 1惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�) refers to one of the various Vibhava manifestations according to the 莫艣varasa峁僪it膩 24.312-316.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥渙ne shall think of Him who superintends (everything). He remains in the midst of the waters of His (own) 尘腻测腻. He has the (his) limbs concealed in His impersonal form. He is shining (bedecked) with knowledge and group of 驳耻峁嘺蝉 which has become His fin. It (form of fish) is Brahman rising and disappearing with a shining scale (艣峁涐箙驳补). He is to be thought of as bearing (at the time of kalpa) the vast earth (which takes) with the form of a boat occupied by the host of progenitors (Brahm膩) and bears with a spotless body assembling pearl. He is of the nature of fish whose eyes never closing鈥�.
These Vibhavas (e.g., 惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补) represent the third of the five-fold manifestation of the Supreme Consciousness the P膩帽car膩trins believe in. Note: Here the deity is Matsya, a descent of Vi峁ａ箛u. At the end of the kalpa, that is deluge when the earth is about to sink, Vi峁ａ箛u took the form of fish and turned the earth into a boat which was occupied by Brahm膩 and others. In order that the boat would not be drifted away, the Lord tied the boat to his scale (艣峁涐箙驳补) with a serpent and saved the world. Eka艣峁涐箙驳补tanu is identical with the Matsya descent. Since the boat was tried to the scale (艣峁涐箙驳补) of the fish, Matsya is called as having a body, in whose scale the body was tied.
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Shodhganga: The significance of the m奴la-beras (艣ilpa)惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�) or Matsya is one of the 诲补艣腻惫补迟腻谤补 (ten incarnations) of Vi峁ａ箛u, is found depicted at the Kallazhagar Temple in Madurai, which represents a sacred place for the worship of Vi峁ａ箛u.鈥擳he upper part of 惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补鈥檚 body keeps its usual form, while the lower part takes the form of a fish. Vi峁ａ箛u in this form has four arms where the upper hands hold the conch and the discus in the left and right respectively. The other two right and left hands hold the sword and the shield.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�) refers to one of the Da艣腻惫补迟腻谤补 (鈥渢en incarnations鈥�) (of Lord Vi峁ａ箛u) to which are assign various hand gestures (in Indian Dramas), according to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥擳he word 尘补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 stands for the incarnation of fish of lord Vi峁ａ箛u. So, it is an authentic reason to create a shape of fish with hands to show this 腻惫补迟腻谤补. According to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, the ardhacandra-hasta indicates the 尘补迟蝉测补-补惫补迟腻谤补. Point to be noted here is that, only the single hand in ardhacandra does not look like a fish and it does not justify the name of this hasta. But according to the Abhinayadarpa峁嘺, to show the 惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补, one hand is placed on the back of another in pat膩kahasta and the thumbs are spread-out and it literary makes the shape of a fish.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
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Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary尘补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�).鈥攎 (S) The first of the ten incarnations of Vi峁ａ箛u,--that of the fish.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�).鈥攖he first of the ten incarnations of Vi峁ａ箛u; (during the reign of the seventh Manu, the whole earth, which, had become corrupt was swept away by a flood, and all living beings perished except the pious Manu and the seven sages who were saved by Vi峁ａ箛u in the form of a fish); cf. Jayadeva's description of this 补惫补迟腻谤补.; 啶啶班げ啶お啶啶оた啶溹げ啷� 啶о啶むさ啶距え啶膏た 啶掂啶︵ 啶掂た啶灌た啶�- 啶掂す啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啶氞ぐ啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啶啷囙う啶 啷� 啶曕啶多さ 啶о啶むぎ啷�啶ㄠざ啶班啶� 啶溹く 啶溹啶︵啶� 啶灌ぐ啷� (pralayapayodhijale dh峁泃av膩nasi veda峁� vihita- vahitracaritramakhedam | ke艣ava dh峁泃am墨na艣ar墨ra jaya jagad墨艣a hare) G墨tagovinda 1.
Derivable forms: 尘补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补岣� (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶班).
惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms matsya and 补惫补迟腻谤补 (啶呧さ啶むぞ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�).鈥攎.
(-谤补岣�) Vishnu in his first Avatara; when the seventh Manu was reigning, the whole earth was destroyed by a flood and all living beings perished except the reigning Manu and the seven Rishis who were saved by Vishnu in the form of a fish.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�):鈥擺from matsya > matsa] m. 鈥榝颈蝉丑-诲别蝉肠别苍迟鈥�, Name of the first of the 10 incarnations of Vi峁ａ箛u (who became a fish to save the 7th Manu from the universal deluge; the conversation between them forms the Matsya-Pur膩峁嘺 q.v.; in [Mah膩bh膩rata i.] the fish is represented as an incarnation of Brahm膩; cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 327, 397 etc.])
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�):鈥�(nm) the first of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu (in the form of a big fish).
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (嗖菠喑嵿哺喑嵿帛嗖距驳嗖む簿嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the first of the ten incarnations of Vi峁ａ箛u, in which he took the form of a fish.
2) [noun] Vi峁ａ箛u.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary惭补迟蝉测腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶むぞ啶�):鈥攏. Mythol. the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (during the reign of the seventh Manu; the whole earth, which had become corrupt; was swept away by a flood; and all living beings perished except the pious Manu and the seven sages who were saved by Vishnu in the form of a fish);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Matsya, Avatara.
Starts with: Matsyavatarakathana, Matsyavataraprabandha.
Full-text: Matsyavataraprabandha, Matsya, Matsyavatarakathana, Fish, Maccavataram, Kritamala, Brahminisha, Matsyapradurbhava, Hayashiras, Mina, Matsyavataar, Matsya Purana, Dashavatara, Damanaka, Manu.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.15.28 < [Chapter 15 - Seeing Sri Radha]
Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures (by Nalini Kanta Bhattasali)
Iconography of Matsya-avatara (the Fish Incarnation) < [Part 2 - Brahmanical Sculptures]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
2.2. (d): Hand Gestures for Da艣腻惫补迟腻谤补 < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]
Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas (by Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad)
The concept of Matsya-Avatara (incarnation) < [Chapter 4 - Significance of Vaishnava Myths]
Iconography of Matsya Myth < [Chapter 5 - Iconography of Vaishnava Avataras]
Iconography of Kurma Myth < [Chapter 5 - Iconography of Vaishnava Avataras]
Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature (by Anindita Adhikari)
Establishment of Hayagr墨va in different Pur膩峁嘺s as an Avat膩ra < [Chapter 4]
Mythological aspect of Hayagr墨va in different Pur膩峁嘺s < [Chapter 4]
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