matsyaH [ mad-syanaH Uṇ. 4. 2. ] 1 A fish; SUle matsyAnivApakzyan dabalonva lavattarAH Ms. 7. 20. 2 A particular variety of fish. 3 A king of the Matsyas. — tmyO (dual) The sign Pisces of the zodiac. — tsyAH ( pl. ) N. of a country and its inhabitants. the country of Virāṭa q. v. ; Ms. 2. 19. Comp. — akzakA, -akzI N. of a kind of Soma plant. — ad, -adana , — Ada a. feeding on fish, a fish-eater. — avatAraH 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: pralayapayoDijale DftavAnasi vedaM vihitavahitracaritramaKedaM . kaSava DftamInaSarIra jaya jagadISa hare Gīt. 1. — aSanaH 1 a king-fisher. 2 one who eats fish. — asuraH N of a demon. — ADAnI , — DAnI a fish-basket (used by fishermen). — udarin m. an epithet of Virāṭa. — udarI an epithet of Satyavatī. — udarIyaH an epithet of Vyāsa. — upajIvin m. , AjIvaH a fisherman. — karaMqikA a fish-basket. — gaMDa a. ( pb ) having the smell of fish. — (DA) N. of Satyavatī. — GaMwaH a kind of fishsauce. — GAtaH 1 the occupation of a fisherman. 2 a fisherman. — GAtin, -jIvat, -jIvin m. a fisherman. — jAlaM a fishing-net. — deSaH the country of the Matsyas. — dvAdaSI N. of the twelfth day in the month of mArgaSIrza . — nArI ‘half-fish, half-woman’, an epithet of Satyavatī. — nASakaH — nASanaH an osprey. — purARaM N. of one of the eighteen Purāṇas. — baMDaH, -baMDin m. a fisherman. — baMDanaM a fish-hook, an angle. — baMDa (Di) nI a fish-basket. — raMkaH, -raMgaH, -raMgakaH a halcyon, king-fisher. — rAjaH 1 the Rohita fish. 2 N. of Virāṭa — veDanaM, -veDanI an angle. — veDanI a cormorant. — saMGAtaH a shoal of fish.