Matsyaghata, Matsyaghāta, Matsya-ghata: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Matsyaghāta (मत्स्यघात).—

1) the killing or catching of fishes, the occupation of a fisherman; मत्स्यघातो निषादानाम् (matsyaghāto niṣādānām) Manusmṛti 1.48.

2) a fisherman.

Derivable forms: matsyaghātaḥ (मत्स्यघातः).

Matsyaghāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms matsya and ghāta (घात).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Matsyaghāta (मत्स्यघात).—m.

(-taḥ) Catching fish. E. matsya, and ghāta killing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Matsyaghāta (मत्स्यघात).—[masculine] killing fish.

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

Matsyaghāta (मत्स्यघात):—[=matsya-ghāta] [from matsya > matsa] m. the killing or catching of f°, [Manu-smṛti x, 45.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Matsyaghāta (मत्स्यघात):—[matsya-ghāta] (taḥ) 1. m. Fishing.

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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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