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	Matsya
		Before the latest creation of the present universe, the four Vedas (the holy books delivered from the mouth of the Supreme-God) remained drowned in the waters.
		Vishnu was therefore appointed to bring up the Vedas from the deep.
		He took the form of a fish (matsya), descended into the waters and brought up these sacred books.
	www.hindunet.org /avatars/matsya/index.htm (109 words)

	Indian Mythology - Hindu Mythology Articles, Facts @ Indian Divinity.com >> MATSYA AVATAR
		The same story is found in the Mahabharata where the fish is described as having a horn.
		In the Bhagvada-Purana the story is further elaborated by the addition of a fight between Matsya and the demon Hayagriva, who had stolen the Vedas when Brahma was asleep.
		As the PRALAYA (Brahma's night - when the Universe will be reabsorbed in his divine sleep) was fast approaching it was necessary to collect all the plants, seeds, herbs, and animals so that they would continue to exist in the new creation.
	www.webonautics.com /mythology/avataar_matsya.html (395 words)

	Karma2Grace Matsya (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Matsya, the 1st avatar of Vishnu, assumed the form of a fish.
		Matsya retrieved the Vedas for Brahma and saved humanity from the flood.
		As Satyavrata tried to place Matsya in the ocean, the fish pleaded with him to not place him in the ocean where he would be eaten.
	www.karma2grace.org /encyclopedia/Matsya.html (328 words)

	Vishnu Purana: Preface: 16. The Matsya Puráńa
		We might, it is to be supposed, admit the description which the Matsya gives of itself to be correct, and yet as regards the number of verses there seems to be a mistatement.
		This story is told in the Mahábhárata, with reference to the Matsya as its authority; from which it might be inferred that the Puráńa was prior to the poem.
		Thus it is said of the Matsya; "Whoever gives it away at either equinox, along with a golden fish and a milch cow, gives away the whole earth;" that is, he reaps a like reward in his next migration.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/vp/vp020.htm (805 words)

	Francis Marion University - Athletics: Soccer: SA Answered Prayers, Nov04 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Matsya said he was tempted to fight but knew if he did he would die, so he fasted for 40 days to break his spirit of the temptation to fight and asked Jesus to heal his spirit.
		Matsya, who is a member of the Julaha people group, now is working for an Indian ministry and serves as a church planter among the state’s more populous Ghirath people.
		Matsya is gathering all the believers into house churches and beginning to train them to reach the rest of the community.
	www.fmarion.edu /sports/soccer/article15244c272693.htm (1787 words)

	crystallotus.com - The Divine Fish Matsya - welcome to shana’s amazing world of acupressure angkorvat atma aum banaras ...
		Manu was bathing in a river when a tiny fish called Matsya, swam into his hands.
		"I am Vishnu, the preserver of life," said Matsya revealing his divine nature.Blue as the sky, dark as rain-clouds, draped in bright yellow robes, Vishnu was the personification of beauty.
		Matsya revealed that in seven days, Shiva's arrow of destruction would herald the floods of doom to engulf the whole universe.
	www.crystallotus.com /vishnu/05.htm (390 words)

	Sanskrit: matsya (Site not responding. Last check: )
		matsya-kaikaya-sṛñjayāḥ — the Matsyas, Kaikayas and Sṛñjayas; SB 10.74.41
		matsya-uśīnara-kauśalya-vidarbha-kuru-sṛñjayān — the Matsyas, Uśīnaras, Kauśalyas, Vidarbhas, Kurus and Sṛñjayas; SB 10.82.12-13
		matsya — Matsya (the kingdoms of Jaipur and Aloyar); SB 10.86.20
	vedabase.net /m/matsya (257 words)

	Matsya
		Matsya (Fish in Sanskrit) was the first Avatara of Vishnu.
		According to legend, the king Manu was washing his hands in a river when a little fish swam into his hands and begged him to save it.
		Manu therefore built a boat which the fish towed to a mountaintop when the flood came, and thus he survived along with some "seeds of life" to re-establish life on earth.
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Asia/India/religions/matsya.html (130 words)

	(64) The Puranas, the Itihas and the avataras (descensions) of God.
		There are 18 Puranas: Brahm Puran, Padm Puran, Vishnu Puran, Vayu Puran, Bhagwat Maha Puran, Narad Puran, Markandeya Puran, Agni Puran, Bhavishya Puran, Brahm Vaivart Puran, Ling Puran, Varah Puran, Skand Puran, Vaman Puran, Kurm Puran, Matsya Puran, Garud Puran and Brahmand Puran.
		Ramayan and Mahabharat are called the itihas (history) books because, along with the regular description of their own topic, they also tell a lot about the general history of that period.
		Varah, Matsya, Kachchap, Nrasingh, Vaman, Parashuram, Ram, Krishn, Buddh and Kalki.
	encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org /articles/64_the_avatars_descensions.htm (508 words)

	Matsya Purana - Spiritual Literature Of India - Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita And Other Scriptures Of India
		The Matsya Purana is regarded as a tamasika Purana.
		The Matsya Purana is so named because it was first recited by Vishnu himself, in his incarnation of a fish.
		But there is a story, not recounted in the Matsya Purana, that Chandra was cursed that he would be immersed in the ocean.
	www.bharatadesam.com /spiritual/matsya_purana.php (16018 words)

	Byzant Symbols - The Ichthys
		Vishnu's first avatara or incarnation on earth was, according to the Shataoatha-Brahmana, as a fish known as Matsya (the Sanskrit word for fish).
		Matsya held the ship safely over the waters until the flood finally receded.
		Later, Matsya slew the demon Hayagriva to retrieve the Veda ("sacred knowledge") that had been stolen from Brahma (God in his aspect as Creator), as depicted in this eighteenth-century illustration, left.
	www.byzant.com /Mystical/Symbols/Ichthys.aspx (612 words)

	Hindu Gods
		Matsya replied that in a week, a huge devastation would engulf the lower part of the universe.
		Matsya who was by now a golden fish of gigantic size appeared in the ocean.
		During their journey, Matsya instructed the king, the sages and the rest of the party in the spiritual knowledge of the vedas.
	mailerindia.com /god/hindu/index.php?vish7 (1335 words)

	Matsya Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The epic Mahabharata relates the founder of Matsya kingdom to the ruler of Chedi, viz Uparichara Vasu.
		Kingdom of Kichaka is identified to be lying between Charmanwati and Vetravati rivers, i.e., to the south of southern- Panchala; to the north of Chedi and to the east of
		Matsya king Virata was the principal ally of the Pandavas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matsya_Kingdom (2388 words)

	Matsya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Matsya (Fish in Sanskrit) was the first Avatara of Vishnu.
		Manu therefore built a boat which the fish towed to a mountaintop when the flood came, and thus he survived along with some "seeds of life" to re-establish life on earth.
		Matsya is generally represented as a four-armed figure with the upper torso of a man and the lower of a fish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matsya (293 words)

	South Carolina Baptist Convention: Prayer: SA Answered Prayers, Nov04 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Matsya said he was tempted to fight but knew if he did he would die, so he fasted for 40 days to break his spirit of the temptation to fight and asked Jesus to heal his spirit.
		Matsya, who is a member of the Julaha people group, now is working for an Indian ministry and serves as a church planter among the state’s more populous Ghirath people.
		Matsya is gathering all the believers into house churches and beginning to train them to reach the rest of the community.
	www.scbaptist.org /pray/-1999954394.htm (1788 words)

	matsya (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the current kalpa (day of Brahma), Matsya appeared during the first manvantara (Svayambhuva) about 2 billion years ago and then again at the end of the sixth manvanatara (Caksusa) several hundred thousand years ago.
		Therefore, it was Sri Matsya who facilitated the subsequent creation at the end of each devastation.
		One of the 18 Maha Puranas (Primary) is the Matsya Purana.
	www.dharmakshetra.com /avatars/matsya.html (275 words)

	Vishnu Purana: Book IV: Chapter XVIII
		The last named work, as well as the Váyu and Matsya Puráńas, have an absurd story of the circumstances of the birth of Dírghatamas, who was the son of Ujási or Utathya, the elder brother of Vrihaspati by Mamatá, and of his begetting Anga
		The Matsya calls Bali, the son of Virochana, and 'existing for a whole Kalpa;' identifying him therefore, only in a different period and form, with the Bali of the Vámana Avatára.
		Her adoptive father is called in the Rámáyańa, as the is in the Agni and Matsya, Lomapáda: the meaning is the same, 'hairy foot.' Rámáyańa, IX.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/vp/vp111.htm (868 words)

	Narmada Samachar: 3 December 2001
		The Tawa Matsya Sangh successfully marketed the fish at local level as well as in distant markets of Howrah, Delhi, Lucknow, Bhopal etc. Along with increasing fish production, fish seed were also stocked honestly and responsibly by the cooperative and fish conservation rules for the reservoir were for the first time observed properly.
		The proposal for extension of lease of reservoir that expires on 23rd December 2001 was sent by Tawa Matsya Sangh to the State Government in early April.
		Around forty bogus cooperative societies of fishermen were formed in 1996 to intrude into this cooperative experiment but that time the unity of displaced tribals and the presence of some good officials in the Government, prevented their entry.
	www.narmada.org /samachar/3.dec.2001.html (2676 words)

	Matsya, the Fish Incarnation of Vishnu
		Matsya (as here), is generally represented as a four-armed figure with the upper torso of a man and the lower of a fish.
		The demon's dangling head suggests that he is already in the throes of death.
		Three, highly stylized trees are placed symmetrically on both sides, and the edge of the water is marked with tufts of grass.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /product/HC06 (314 words)

	Matsya Avatar - The Fish Incarnation
		The Matsya Avatar or the Fish Incarnation is the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu.
		The Matsya avatar never made it into independent status for worship.
		Taken all together then, the Matsya Avatar is not as inconspicuous an event as is mistakenly presumed.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mythology_from_india/83015 (493 words)

	The Hindu : Other States / Rajasthan News : `Matsya Utsav' at Alwar
		State Tourism Commissioner Ajit Kumar Singh said here that tourists visiting Alwar on September 30 and October 1 during the Matsya Utsav would get a special 20 per cent discount on the tariff of the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation hotels.
		Singh said an "Alwar: Ek Khoj" (Alwar: An exploration) trip to the town and nearby areas would be organised during the festival to attract tourists.
		Besides, an archaeological heritage exhibition in the City Palace Museum, a photography competition at the Information Centre, and a slide show on the Matsya region would be held during the two days.
	www.hindu.com /2006/09/24/stories/2006092409940500.htm (165 words)

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