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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
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".
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 .
Succession crises in Anga, Chedi, Gandhara, Kalinga, Kosala, Madra, Magadha, Matsya, Panchala and Sindhu. Regional hegemony shift from the Kurus to the Panchalas; Territorial changes: Reunification of the Kuru cities of Hastinapura and Indraprastha under the Pandavas. Restoration of Panchala lands held by Drona to the Panchala Kingdom.
The emblem consists of a seal depicting the confluence of the Ganga Ganges and Yamuna rivers at Prayagraj, a pair of Matsya, mythical Avatar creature from Hindu mythology to represent the State of Oudh (Awadh) and a pair of Bow and Arrow representing Lord Rama and his city of Ayodhya, the ancient and cultural capital of the region . The legend ...
Hayagriva (Sanskrit: हयग्रीव IAST hayagrīva, lit. ' horse-necked one ') is a Hindu deity, the horse-headed avatar of Vishnu.The purpose of this incarnation was to slay a danava also named Hayagriva (A descendant of Kashyapa and Danu), who had the head of a horse and the body of a human.
There was once an elephant named Gajendra who lived in a garden called Ṛtumat, which was created by Varuna.This garden was located on Mount Trikuta, the "Three-Peaked Mountain".