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Matsya
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English
en:+ (disambiguation)
thumb|Matsya Avatar Vishnu saving the four Vedas
thumb|Matsya Purana
Etymology
en sa मत्स्य mátsya fish, from en iir-pro *mátsyas.
Proper noun
en proper noun
en Hinduism The first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.
en Hinduism An ancient kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata, ruled by King Virāta.
en Hinduism Name of one of the eighteen Puranas.
en Mahabharata Hindu deities