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मत्स्यावतार (matsyAvatAra)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
मत्स्यावतार
m.
 (-रः) VISHṆU in his first Avatāra
when the seventh
Manu was reigning, the whole earth was destroyed by a flood and
all living beings perished except the reigning Manu and the
seven Rishis who were saved by VISHṆU in the form of a fish.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
मत्स्यावतार - matsyAvatAra -
m.
 - fish-descent
मत्स्यावतार - matsyAvatAra -
m.
 - Vishnu, first incarnation of
मत्स्यावतार matsyAvatAra
m.
 fish-descent
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मत्स्यावतार
m.
 ‘fish-descent’,
N.
 of the first of the 10 incarnations of Viṣṇu (who became a fish to save the 7th Manu from the universal deluge
the conversation between them forms the Matsya-Purāṇa q.v.
in
MBh.
 i. the fish is represented as an incarnation of Brahmā
cf.
IW.
 327, 397
&c.
 )
Apte Hindi
Hindi
मत्स्यावतारः
पुं*
 मत्स्य-अवतारः -
विष्णु के दस अवतारों में सबसे पहला अवतार
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
मत्स्यावतार
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ವಿಷ್ಣುವಿನ ಹತ್ತು ಅವತಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲನೆಯ ಅವತಾರ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > मत्स्यरूपेण अवतारः
L R Vaidya
English
matsya-avatAra {% m. %} Vishṇu in his first incarnation
(when the seventh Manu was reigning, the whole earth was destroyed by a flood and all living beings perished except the reigning Manu and the seven Ṛishis who were saved by Vishṇu in the form of a fish), प्रलयपयोधिजले धृतवान्सि वेदम् । विहितवहित्रचरित्रमखेदम् । केशव धृत मीनशरीर Git.G.i.