Matsyanari, Matsyanārī, Matsya-nari: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Matsyanārī (मत्स्यनारी).—'half-fish, half-woman', an epithet of Satyavatī.

Matsyanārī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms matsya and nārī (नारी).

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

Matsyanārī (मत्स्यनारी):—[=matsya-nārī] [from matsya > matsa] f. ‘f°-woman id est. half fish half w°’, Name of Satya-vatī, [Catalogue(s)]

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Matsyanari in German

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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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