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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for मत्स्य

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मत्स्यmatsyaA fish; शूले मत्स्यानिवा- पक्ष्यन् दुर्बलान् बलवत्तराः Ms.7.2.

    [मद्-स्यन्; Uṇ.4.2]

    1. A fish; शूले मत्स्यानिवा- पक्ष्यन् दुर्बलान् बलवत्तराः Ms.7.2.
    2. A particular variety of fish.
    3. A king of the Matsyas.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्स्यौ (dual) The sign Pisces of the zodiac.

    • -त्स्याः (Plural) Name of a country and its inhabitants, the country of Virāṭa quod vide, which see; Ms. 2.19.

    • -अक्षका, -अक्षी Name of a kind of Soma plant.

    • -अद्, -अदन, -आद Adjective feeding on fish, a fisheater.

    • -अवतारः the first of the ten incarnations of Viṣṇu; (during the reign of the seventh Manu, the whole earth, which, had become corrupt was swept away by a flood, and all living beings perished except the pious Manu and the seven sages who were saved by Viṣṇu in the form of a fish); Compare Jayadeva's description of this avatāra.; प्रलयपयोधिजले धृतवानसि वेदं विहित- वहित्रचरित्रमखेदम् । केशव धृतमीनशरीर जय जगदीश हरे Gīt.1.

    • -अशनः

      1. a king-fisher.
      2. one who eats fish.

    • -अशिक Adjective fish-eater; मत्स्याशिका लासिका Mk.1.23.

    • -असुरः Name of a demon.

    • -आधानी, -धानी a fish-basket (used by fishermen).

    • -उदरिन् Masculine an epithet of Virāṭa.

    • -उदरी an epithet of Satyavatī.

    • -उदरीयः an epithet of Vyāsa.

    • -उद्वर्तनम् a kind of dance; Dk.2.8.

    • -उपजीविन् Masculine, -आजीवः a fisherman.

    • -करण्डिका a fishbasket.

    • -कीशः an elephant; Gīrvāṇa.

    • -गन्ध Adjective having the smell of fish. (-न्धा) Name of Satyavatī.

    • -घण्टः a kind of fish-sauce.

    • -घातः

      1. the killing or catching of fishes, the occupation of a fisherman; मत्स्यघातो निषादानाम् Ms.1.48.
      2. a fisherman.

    • -घातिन्, -जीवत्, -जीविन् Masculine a fisherman.

    • -जालम् a fishing-net.

    • -देशः the country of the Matsyas.

    • -द्वादशी Name of the twelfth day in the month of मार्गशीर्ष.

    • -नारी 'half-fish, half-woman', an epithet of Satyavatī.

    • -नाशकः, -नाशनः an osprey.

    • -पुराणम् Name of one of the eighteen Purāṇas.

    • -पित्ता Helleborus Niger (Marâthî केदारकुटकी).

    • -बन्धः, -बन्धिन् Masculine a fisherman; कदाचित्तं जलस्थायं मत्स्यबन्धाः समन्ततः Mb. 12.137.5.

    • -बन्धनम् a fish-hook, an angle.

    • -बन्ध (न्धि)नी a fish-basket.

    • -मांसम् fish-flesh; द्वौ मासौ मत्स्यमांसेन Ms.3.268.

    • -रङ्कः, -रङ्गः, -रङ्गकः a halcyon, king-fisher.

    • -राजः

      1. the Rohita fish.
      2. Name of Virāṭa.

    • -वेधनम्, -वेधनी an angle.

    • -वेधनी a cormorant.

    • -व्रतिन् one who lives in water.

    • -संघातः a shoal of fish.

    • -सन्तानिकः fish cooked with sauce; दग्धोङ्गारे सलवणो वेशवारैरुपस्कृतः । सार्द्रकः कटुतैलेन मत्स्यसन्तानिको भवेत् Śabdachandrikā.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मत्स्यmatsyam. (cf. मत्स and मच्छ) a fish RV. &c. &c. (personified as a prince with the patr. साम्मद S3Br.)
    1. masculine gender (confer, compare मत्स and मच्छ) a fish fg-veda etc. etc. (personified as a prince with the patronymic साम्मद S3Br.)
    2. masculine gender a particular species of f fish Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender (in astronomy) the figure of a f figure (Equivalent to तिमि) Su1ryas.
    4. masculine gender a particular luminous appearance VarBr2S.
    5. masculine gender (dual number) the 12th sign of the zodiac (Pisces) Jyot.
    6. masculine gender a particular figure (Equivalent to स्वस्तिकमध्या*कृति) Hcat.
    7. masculine gender (plural) Name of a people and country (which according to to Mn. ii, 19 forms part of Brahmarshi ब्रह्मर्षि) fg-veda etc. etc.
    8. masculine gender a king of the Matsyas. (confer, compare मत्स)
    9. masculine gender Name of Vira1t2a विराट (as having been found by fishermen, along with his sister Matsya1 मत्स्या or Satya-vati1 सत्य-वती, in the body of the Apsaras अप्सरस् Adrika1 अद्रिका, metamorphosed into a fish) MBh.
    10. masculine gender Name of a pupil of Deva-mitra देव-मित्र S3a1kalya शाकल्य catalogue or catalogues
    11. etc. see page and participle 776, column 3 .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मत्स्यmatsya[mát-sya] m. [lively: √mad] fish; N. of a people (pl.); king of the Matsyas: du. Pisces (sign of the zodiac).

    [mát-sya] masculine [lively: √mad] fish; noun of a people (plural); king of the Matsyas: dual Pisces (sign of the zodiac).

    Source: Macdonell

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