Matsyaghanta, Matsya-ghanta, Matsyaghaṇṭa: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Matsyaghaṇṭa (मत्स्यघण्ट).—a kind of fish-sauce.

Derivable forms: matsyaghaṇṭaḥ (मत्स्यघण्टः).

Matsyaghaṇṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms matsya and ghaṇṭa (घण्ट).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Matsyaghaṇṭa (मत्स्यघण्ट):—[=matsya-ghaṇṭa] [from matsya > matsa] m. a kind of fish-sauce or a dish of fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. matsagaṇṭa).

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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.

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