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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). Bhuri Singh Museum
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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".
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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 .
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The Sri Matsya Narayana Temple is the only temple in Karnataka dedicated to Sri Matsya Narayana Swamy. The Matsya avatara was the first incarnation of Hindu deity Vishnu among the dashavatara (ten avataras) of Vishnu. Matsya means ‘fish’ in Sanskrit [3] [4] and Matsya avatara is the incarnation of Vishnu in the form of a fish.