Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Mansa, Matsya, Madya, Maithuna, Mudra" | Hindu | M. The five M's: Mansa, Matsya, Madya, Maithuna, and Mudra (flesh, fish, wine, women, and gesticulation). The five forms of Hindu asceticism. |
God name "Matsya" | Hindu | Incarnation of the god Visnu Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Demon name "Matsya" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. In this first avatara Vis'nu appears as a fish which, according to one legend, tows a ship carrying the law-giver MANU to safety after the primal flood. Matsya engages in an epic battle with the demon HAYAGRIVA who stole the Vedas from a sleeping BRAHMA. Usually depicted with a human torso carrying symbols, e.g. wheel and conch, on a fish's body.... |