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Matsya (Sanskrit: मत्स्य, lit. 'fish') is the fish avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. [2] Often described as the first of Vishnu's ten primary avatars, Matsya is described to have rescued the first man, Manu, from a great deluge. [3]
The Matsya Purana (IAST: Matsya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major Puranas (Mahapurana), and among the oldest and better preserved in the Puranic genre of Sanskrit literature in Hinduism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The text is a Vaishnavism text named after the half-human and half- fish avatar of Vishnu .
Matsya: The fish avatar. King Vaivasvata Manu finds a little fish in the palm of his hands when performing the tarpana (water-offering). The fish asks Manu if his riches and power was enough to give the fish a nice home. Manu keeps the fish to give it a home, but the fish keeps expanding, which breaks Manu's pride about his wealth.
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 means ‘fish’ in Sanskrit [3] [4] and Matsya avatara is the incarnation of Vishnu in the form of a fish. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] At the end of the first epoch ( Satya Yuga ), when the world was destroyed by a great flood, Vishnu is believed to have assumed this form to save humanity and the Vedas from the great deluge.
Matsya: The fish avatar. He saves Manu and the seven sages from the cosmic flood, and in some traditions, saves the Vedas from an asura called Hayagriva. [36] Kurma [note 2] The tortoise/turtle avatar. He supports the mountain named Mandara while the devas and the asuras churn the ocean of milk to produce the nectar of immortality. [38] Varaha
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 .
The Vedas were then subsequently imprisoned by the demon. Soon, Vishnu assumed his Matsya avatar and instructed Manu the manner by which he should survive the oncoming flood that Shiva would shortly send to vanquish all evil. Vishnu then slew Hayagriva in his Matsya form and freed the Vedas to bequeath them to Manu after the passage of the ...