matsyāvatāra | मत्स्यावतार | matsyAvatAra
matsyāvatāra | 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.)