Matsya Purana, Matsya Purāṇa: 1 definition
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Source: WikiPedia: HinduismMatsya Purana (“the ancient chronicle of Matsya”) is one of the oldest of the 18 post-Vedic Hindu scriptures called the Puranas. The scripture is a composite work dated to c. 250–500 CE. It narrates the story of Matsya, the first of ten major Avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu. During the period of mahapralaya, Lord Vishnu had taken Matsya Avatar (fish incarnation) to save the seeds of all lives and Manu. Matsya Purana contains a comprehensive description of Manu and Matsya avatar. The Padma Purana categorizes Matsya Purana as a Tamas Purana (Purana of darkness or ignorance).
This Purana is the story of the Matsya Avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu, Manu who was the King of Dravidadesa, and the first Mahapralaya (Great Deluge). In the end, Manu and all those he saves are safe in a large ship that he builds, atop the high Malaya Mountains. A number of Hindu scholars have taken the progression of forms assumed by Vishnu in the narrative, from fish to turtle to boar to "half-man and half-lion", to dwarf human, to human with an axe, to princely human, to Krishna (bringer of scripture) to Buddha (the enlightened one) to Kalki (the future human yet to come), as an analogy for evolution.
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Partial matches: Matsya, Purana, Puraana.
Full-text (+4392): Utpalavartaka, Nilakunda, Candrika, Citranatha, Dhruvashva, Javina, Saubhagyashtaka, Gardabhi, Shatahva, Karnamoti, Alambakshi, Shatananda, Sarpakarṇi, Mahasuri, Chagalanda, Jvalamukhi, Raktakampana, Damshtrala, Bhrukuti, Rudrasusata.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
The concept of Saptadvīpa (seven islands) < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Varṇa (2): The Kṣatriyas < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Varṇa (1): The Brāhmaṇas (Brahmins) < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 7 - Review of literature < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Plotical Aspects in the Purāṇas (Introduction) < [Chapter 6 - Polity in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Part 3 - Date of the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
12. List of rivers as found in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
4d. Sarasvatī’s relation with Sārasvata < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
4a. Sarasvatī’s relation with Brahmā < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
Vastu-shastra (3): House Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 3 - Origin and Development of Human Houses
Chapter 6 - The Construction of the Śālās
Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature (by Anindita Adhikari)
Mythological aspect of Hayagrīva in different Purāṇas < [Chapter 4]
Table 1: Genealogy of Lord Hayagrīva in the Purāṇās < [Chapter 4]
Chronological Development (4): Śānti Parva < [Chapter 3]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
16. The Matsya Purāṇa < [Preface]
Date of the Purāṇas < [Preface]
Classification of the Purāṇas < [Preface]
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