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English: Matsya, the Fish-Incarnation of Vishnu; Ascribed to Mahesh of Chamba. Folio from a Dasavatara series (very similar painting about the same topic by Mahesh is in the San Diego Museum of Art, acc. no. 1990.1187).
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The deity Matsya derives his name from the word matsya (Sanskrit: मत्स्य), meaning "fish". [6] Monier-Williams and R. Franco suggest that the words matsa and matsya, both meaning fish, derive from the root mad, meaning "to rejoice, be glad, exult, delight or revel in". Thus, matsya means the "joyous one".
Vedanarayana Temple or Matsya Narayana Temple is a Hindu temple in Nagalapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a Vaishnava temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu in the form of Matsya , the fish avatar, who is referred to as Matsya Narayana or Veda Narayana.
Matsya (Sanskrit: मत्स्य) was a Vedic kingdom and later became a part of sixteen Mahajanapadas, which also appears in Hindu Epic literature. The capital of Matsya was at Viratanagari (present-day Bairat , in Rajasthan ) which is said to have been named after its founder king, Virata .
Matsya (Pali: Macchā) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of central India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The members of the Matsya tribe were called the Mātsyeyas and were organised into a kingdom called the Matsya kingdom .