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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMatsyam (மத்ஸ்யம்) noun < matsya.
1. Fish; மீன். [min.]
2. Fish-incarnation of Viṣṇu, one of tacāvatāram, q. v.; திருமாலின் தசாவதாரத்துள் முதலாவதான மீனவதாரம். [thirumalin thasavatharathul muthalavathana minavatharam.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with: Matsyamadhava, Matsyamamsa, Matsyandi.
Full-text: Tacavataram, Maccavataram.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.8.19 < [Chapter 8 - The Marriages of All the Queens]
Verse 2.1.22 < [Chapter 1 - Description of the Entrance in Vṛndāvana]
Verse 1.5.13 < [Chapter 5 - The Lord’s Appearance]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.68.8 < [Sukta 68]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.20-21 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCXXXII - Dissolution of the Universe < [Dhanvantari Samhita]