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Matsya.

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.

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  1. 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.

    Hinduism
  2. An ancient kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata, ruled by King Virāta.

    Hinduism
  3. Name of one of the eighteen Puranas.

    Hinduism
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya, “fish”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.