Matsyagandha, Matsya-gandha: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMatsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध).—An Ārṣeya Pravara (Bhārgava).*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 195. 43.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyMatsyagandhā (मत्स्यगन्धा) is another name for Satyavatī: one of the female character in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—Satyavatī was the queen of the Kuru King Śāntanu and the great-grandmother of the Pāṇḍava and Kaurava princes, principal characters of the Mahābhārata. According to the Purāṇas, she was born to the Cedi King Vasu (also known as Uparicara Vasu) and a fish, who was actually a celestial lady, Adrikā. But she was nevertheless brought up as a commoner, an adopted daughter to a ferryman or fisherman or a dāśeyī. She was also known as Matsyagandhā (one who has the smell of fish) in her earlier life and Yojanagandhā in her later life. Another name for her was Kali. She was sweet by her speech. [..., See Satyavatī]
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsMatsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध):—Smell of fish
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsMatsyagandha [मत्स्यगन्धा] in the Nepali language is the name of a plant identified with Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene from the Verbenaceae (Verbena) family having the following synonyms: Lippia nodiflora, Verbena nodiflora, Platonia nodiflora. For the possible medicinal usage of matsyagandha, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMatsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध).—a. having the smell of fish.
-ndhā Name of Satyavatī.
Matsyagandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms matsya and gandha (गन्ध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMatsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध).—f.
(-ndhā) 1. A plant, commonly Langaliya; (the common name is applied to the Nama zeylanica, and the commelina salicifolia.) 2. Satyabati, the mother of the sacred poet Vyasa: see matsyodarī. E. matsya a fish, and gandha smell.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMatsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध).—adj., f. dhā, smelling of fishes, Mahābhārata 1, 2398.
Matsyagandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms matsya and gandha (गन्ध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Matsyagandha (मत्स्यगन्ध):—[=matsya-gandha] [from matsya > matsa] mf(ā)n. having the smell of f°, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ([plural]) Name of a race, [Saṃskārakaustubha]
3) Matsyagandhā (मत्स्यगन्धा):—[=matsya-gandhā] [from matsya-gandha > matsya > matsa] f. Name of Satya-vatī (mother of Vyāsa, also called Mīna-gandha; See matsya above), [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] Commelina Salicifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Mātsyagandha (मात्स्यगन्ध):—[=mātsya-gandha] [from mātsya > mātsika] m. [plural] ([from] matsya-gandha) Name of a race, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMatsyagandhā (मत्स्यगन्धा):—[matsya-gandhā] (ndhā) 1. f. A plant (Nama zeylanica) Vyāsa’s mother.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Matsya, Gandha.
Ends with: Amamatsyagandha.
Full-text: Matsyagandhi, Minagandha, Nishadaraja, Gandhavati, Kali, Yojanagandha, Satyavati.
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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 2 - On the birth of Vyāsa Deva < [Book 2]
Chapter 1 - On the birth of Matsyagandhā < [Book 2]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Lineages of Bhṛgu < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 42 - Hiraṇyākṣa is slain < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 44 - The birth of Vyāsa < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]