मत्स्य

{ matsyḥ, matsya }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

MATSYA I   The first and foremost incarnation of Mahāviṣṇu. (See under Avatāra).
MATSYA II   An ancient country of Purāṇic fame. The people of this country are called Matsyas. The details available regarding Matsyadeśa from the Mahābhārata are given below:
(1) The Pāṇḍavas wandering through the forests came to Matsyadeśa. [Śloka 2, Chapter 155, Ādi Parva] .
(2) The people of Matsyadeśa in fear of Jarāsandha migrated from the north to the south. [Śloka 28, Chapter 14, Sabhā Parva] .
(3) Bhīmasena during his victory march to the east conquered this country. [Śloka 8, Chapter 30, Sabhā Parva] .
(4) Sahadeva during his victory march to the south conquered the people of Matsyadeśa. [Śloka 4, Chapter 31, Sabhā Parva] .
(5) Matsyadeśa was one of the countries suggested by Arjuna to spend their life incognito. [Śloka 12, Chapter 1, Virāṭa Parva] .
(6) Virāṭa was the chief of Matsyadeśa during the time of Mahābhārata. [Śloka 17, Chapter 1, Virāṭa Parva] .
(7) In the Kurukṣetra battle Virāṭa, King of Matsyadeśa, came to the help of Yudhiṣṭhira with an Akṣauhiṇī (army). [Śloka 12, Chapter 18, Udyoga Parva] .
(8) The Pāṇḍavas spent a year of their life incognito at the palace of Virāṭa, king of Matsyadeśa. [Chapter 7, Virāṭa Parva] .
(9) Matsyarājya was one of the prominent kingdoms of ancient Bhārata. [Śloka 40, Chapter 9, Bhīṣma Parva] .
(10) Bhīṣma slaughtered many soldiers from Matsyadeśa.
(11) Droṇācārya killed at a stretch five hundred Matsyas in the great battle. [Śloka 31 Chapter 190, Droṇa Parva] .
(12) Karṇa once conquered Matsyadeśa. [Śloka 18, Chapter 8, Karṇa Parva] .
(13) The people of Matsyadeśa were honest and charitable. [Chapter 45, Śloka 28, Karṇa Parva] .
(14) Those who were left out among the Matsyas in the great battle were killed by Aśvatthāmā. [Śloka 158, Chapter 8, Sauptika Parva] .
MATSYA III   A King. He was the brother of Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa. Satyavatī and Matsya were both found in a fish by the same fisherman. (See under Adri.)

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : मछली, मत्स्य अवतार

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

मत्स्य n.  विष्णु के दशावतारों में से प्रथम । भगवान् विष्णु ने अखिल मानवजाति के कल्याण के लिए एवं वेदों का उद्धार करने के लिए जो दस अवतार पृथ्वी पर लिए, उनमें से यह प्रथम है । पद्म के अनुसार, शंखासुर द्वारा वेदों के हरण किये जाने पर उनकी रक्षा के लिए विष्णु ने यह अवतार लिया [पद्म.उ.९०-९१] ; [सृ.१] । भागवत के अनुसार, विष्णु का यह दशम अवतार चाक्षुष मन्वन्तर काल में उत्पन्न हुआ [भा.१.३.१५] ।

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

See : नुस्तें

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  A fish.
मत्स्यावतार  m  The first of the ten incarnations of विष्णु.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : मासा

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. 
 पु. १ नदीवर बांधलेल्या पुलाच्या कमानीच्या खांबाच्या तळचा भाग , हा दोन्हीं बाजूंस निमुळता असतो . २ नदीच्या घाटावरील पाण्यांत असणारें बुरुज . - पुरु जुलै १९३८ . ( सं .)
मासा ; मच्छ ; एक जलचर प्राणी .
एकमेकांना छेदणार्‍या दोन वर्तुळात समान असा भाग .
मनुष्याच्या तळहातावर किंवा तळपायावर रेषांची बनलेली विशिष्ट आकृति . हें चांगल्या नशिबाचें लक्षण समजतात .
तीळ ( मनुष्य इ० च्या शरीरांवरील ).
विष्णूचा पहिला अवतार . [ सं . ]
०घ्न  पु. मासे मारणारा ; धीवर . तो मत्स्य मत्स्यघ्न विदारी । तंव लोह निघे त्याचे उदरीं । - एभा १ . ३८४ .
०जयंती  स्त्री. विष्णूनें ज्या दिवशीं मत्स्यावतार धारण केला तो दिवस ; चैत्र शुद्ध प्रतिपदा . [ सं . ]
०देश  पु. कानपुर , मिरजापूर इ० प्रदेश . - अश्वप १ . ३४ .
०पुराण  न. अठरा पुराणांपैकीं एक .
०यंत्र  न. 
मच्छयंत्र पहा .
मासा बसविलेलें , फिरतें वेधण्याकरितां केलेलें यंत्र . मत्स्यावतार - पु . विष्णूच्या दहा अवतारांपैकीं पहिला . [ मत्स्य + अवतार ] मत्स्यासन - न . पद्मासन घालून नंतर तसेंच पाठीवर उताणें निजणें व हाताचा कवा घालून डाव्या हातानें उजव्या हाताचें बावखड व उजव्या हातानें डाव्या हाताचें बावखड धरणें आणि दोन्ही हातांच्या तिढ्यावर डोकें ठेवणें . - संयोग ३१८ . मत्स्याहारी - वि . मासे खाणारा . याच्या उलट शाकाहारी . [ सं . मत्स्य + आहारी ] मत्स्यी - स्त्री . ( काव्य ) माशाची मादी . [ सं . ] मत्स्यींद्रनाथ , मत्स्येंद्रनाथ - पु . नवनाथापैकीं एक . नवनाथ पहा . निरालंबदेशीं अनूपम्य राजा । नमस्कार मत्स्यींद्रनाथासि माझा । - अकक २ . २०२ . मत्सेंद्रासन - न . योगशास्त्रांतील एक आसन . मत्स्योदरी - स्त्री . काशी येथील भैरवाच्या देवळापर्यंत आलेला गंगा नदीचा पूर . [ मत्स्य + उदर ]

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : माछो

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मत्स्य  m.  a m. ( cf. मत्स and मच्छ) a fish, [RV.] &c. &c. (personified as a prince with the patr. साम्मद, [ŚBr.])
a partic. species of f°, [L.]
तिमि   (in astron.) the figure of a f° (= ), [Sūryas.]
a partic. luminous appearance, [VarBṛS.]
( du.) the 12th sign of the zodiac (Pisces), [Jyot.]
स्वस्तिकमध्याकृति   a partic. figure (= ), [Hcat.]
( pl.) N. of a people and country (which accord. to [Mn. ii, 19] forms part of ब्रह्मर्षि), [RV.] &c. &c.
मत्स   a king of the [Matsyas.] ( cf.)
N. of विराट (as having been found by fishermen, along with his sister मत्स्या or सत्य-वती, in the body of the अप्सरस् अद्रिका, metamorphosed into a fish), [MBh.]
N. of a pupil of देव-मित्र शाकल्य, [Cat.]
मत्स्य    b &c. See p. 776, col. 3.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मत्स्यः [matsyḥ]   [मद्-स्यन्; [Uṇ.4.2] ]
A fish; शूले मत्स्यानिवा- पक्ष्यन् दुर्बलान् बलवत्तराः [Ms.7.2.]
A particular variety of fish.
A king of the Matsyas.
-त्स्यौ   (dual) The sign Pisces of the zodiac.
-त्स्याः   (pl.) N. of a country and its inhabitants, the country of Virāṭa q. v.; [Ms. 2.19.] -Comp.
-अक्षका, -अक्षी  N. N. of a kind of Soma plant.
-अद्, -अदन, -आद a.  a. feeding on fish, a fisheater.
-अवतारः   the first of the ten incarnations of Viṣṇu; (during the reign of the seventh Manu, the whole earth, which, had become corrupt was swept away by a flood, and all living beings perished except the pious Manu and the seven sages who were saved by Viṣṇu in the form of a fish); cf. Jayadeva's description of this avatāra.; प्रलयपयोधिजले धृतवानसि वेदं विहित- वहित्रचरित्रमखेदम् । केशव धृतमीनशरीर जय जगदीश हरे [Gīt.1.]
अशनः a king-fisher.
one who eats fish. -अशिकa. fish-eater; मत्स्याशिका लासिका [Mk.1.23.]
-असुरः  N. N. of a demon.
-आधानी, -धानी   a fish-basket (used by fishermen).
-उदरिन्  m. m. an epithet of Virāṭa.
-उदरी   an epithet of Satyavatī.
-उदरीयः   an epithet of Vyāsa.
-उद्वर्तनम्   a kind of dance; [Dk.2.8.]
-उप- जीविन्  m. m.,
-आजीवः   a fisherman.
-करण्डिका   a fishbasket.
-कीशः   an elephant; Gīrvāṇa.
-गन्ध a.  a. having the smell of fish. (-न्धा) N. of Satyavatī.
-घण्टः   a kind of fish-sauce.
घातः the killing or catching of fishes, the occupation of a fisherman; मत्स्यघातो निषादानाम् [Ms.1.48.]
-घातिन्, -जीवत्,   -जीविन्m.
-जालम्   a fishing-net.
-देशः   the country of the Matsyas.
-द्वादशी  N. N. of the twelfth day in the month of मार्गशीर्ष.
-नारी   'half-fish, half-woman', an epithet of Satyavatī.
-नाशकः, -नाशनः   an osprey.
-पुराणम्  N. N. of one of the eighteen Purāṇas.
-पित्ता   Helleborus Niger (Mar. केदारकुटकी).
-बन्धः,   -बन्धिन्m. a fisherman; कदाचित्तं जलस्थायं मत्स्यबन्धाः समन्ततः [Mb. 12.137.5.]
-बन्धनम्   a fish-hook, an angle.
-बन्ध (न्धि)नी   a fish-basket.
-मांसम्   fish-flesh; द्वौ मासौ मत्स्यमांसेन [Ms.3.268.]
-रङ्कः, -रङ्गः, -रङ्गकः   a halcyon, king-fisher.
राजः the Rohita fish.
 N. N. of Virāṭa.-वेधनम्,
-वेधनी   an angle. -वेधन
-वेधनी   ी a cormorant.-व्रतिन् one who lives in water.
-संघातः   a shoal of fish.
-सन्तानिकः   fish cooked with sauce; दग्धोङ्गारे सलवणो वेशवारैरुपस्कृतः । सार्द्रकः कटुतैलेन मत्स्यसन्तानिको भवेत् Śabdachandrikā.

Shabda-Sagara

मत्स्य  mf.  ( -त्स्य-त्सी) A fish in general.
 m.  ( -त्स्यः)
1. A particular fish probably the Saphari, or fish in which VISHṆU was incarnate in his Matsya Avatār.
2. A name of VISHṆU, from his incarnation as a fish.
3. A country, enumerated amongst the midland divisions of India, (Diṇajpur and Rangpur.)
4. One of the Purānas.
E. मदि to be pleased, Unādi aff. स्यत् .

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मदि स्यत् .