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506:(also known as Vaivasvata Manu), who was the current Manu (there are multiple Manus in Puranic texts), and the king of ] country (]), was performing severe austerities, sustaining only on water. Once when he was offering water oblation in the Kritamala River, a tiny ''shaphari'' fish was caught in his folded hands. As the king was about to throw away the fish, the fish pleaded to be not thrown in the water, where larger fishes would devour it. Assuring the fish protection, the king put it in a small jar and took it with him. But the fish grew larger and requested for more space, the king moved it in a small pond, but the fish soon outgrew it. As the fish outgrew water reservoirs, Satyavrata transferred it to a lake, then to larger reservoirs and subsequently to the ocean. But the fish requested Satyavrata that it was afraid of the dangerous marine predators of the ocean. Bewildered by these words, the king asked the fish to reveal his true identity, but soon deduced that this supernatural fish was none other than Vishnu and surrendered to him. Matsya-Vishnu declared that a great flood would come seven days from then and engulf the universe. He ordered Satyavrata to assemble the seven great sages and with their counsel, gather all kinds of seeds, herbs and various beings to load them on a boat, that would be sent by Vishnu on the fateful day. He instructed that the serpent ] should be used as a rope to tie the boat to his fish-horn. Promising that he would sail the boat through the waters throughout the night of Brahma, Matsya disappeared after his revelation and reappeared as a horned fish on the day of the Deluge, when torrential rains drenched the earth. Satyavrata did as Vishnu instructed and fastened the boat to the horned fish (Matsya). As Matsya swam through the flood waters, he discoursed the king on various topics and revealed to him knowledge of the Vedas, Puranas, Samhitas as well as the Supreme Truth. After last wave of the flood ended, Matsya slew Hayagriva and rescued the Vedas and handed them over to Brahma, who woke after his night. The narrative ends with the narrator Sage ] praying to Matsya and declaring that whoever listens to this tale is absolved of sin and remembering Matsya daily grants success to the devotee.<ref>Rao pp. 124-5</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bhagavata.org/canto8/chapter24.html | title=Canto 8, Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation | work=S'rîmad Bhâgavatam | accessdate=May 27, 2012 | author=Anand Aadhar}}</ref><ref name=Sacred>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/hmvp/hmvp19.htm|title= The Incarnations or Avataras of Vishnu: Chapter V, 1. The Matsya or Fish Avatāra.|accessdate=29 December 2012|publisher=Sacred Texts.com}}</ref><ref name="Williams2008">{{cite book|author=George M. Williams|title=Of Hindu Mythology|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N7LOZfwCDpEC&pg=PA212|accessdate=17 December 2012|date=18 June 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533261-2|pages=212–}}</ref> 498:(also known as Vaivasvata Manu), who was the current Manu (there are multiple Manus in Puranic texts), and the king of ] country (]), was performing severe austerities, sustaining only on water. Once when he was offering water oblation in the Kritamala River, a tiny ''shaphari'' fish was caught in his folded hands. As the king was about to throw away the fish, the fish pleaded to be not thrown in the water, where larger fishes would devour it. Assuring the fish protection, the king put it in a small jar and took it with him. But the fish grew larger and requested for more space, the king moved it in a small pond, but the fish soon outgrew it. As the fish outgrew water reservoirs, Satyavrata transferred it to a lake, then to larger reservoirs and subsequently to the ocean. But the fish requested Satyavrata that it was afraid of the dangerous marine predators of the ocean. Bewildered by these words, the king asked the fish to reveal his true identity, but soon deduced that this supernatural fish was none other than Vishnu and surrendered to him. Matsya-Vishnu declared that a great flood would come seven days from then and engulf the universe. He ordered Satyavrata to assemble the seven great sages and with their counsel, gather all kinds of seeds, herbs and various beings to load them on a boat, that would be sent by Vishnu on the fateful day. He instructed that the serpent ] should be used as a rope to tie the boat to his fish-horn. Promising that he would sail the boat through the waters throughout the night of Brahma, Matsya disappeared after his revelation and reappeared as a horned fish on the day of the Deluge, when torrential rains drenched the earth. Satyavrata did as Vishnu instructed and fastened the boat to the horned fish (Matsya). As Matsya swam through the flood waters, he discoursed the king on various topics and revealed to him knowledge of the Vedas, Puranas, Samhitas as well as the Supreme Truth. After last wave of the flood ended, Matsya slew Hayagriva and rescued the Vedas and handed them over to Brahma, who woke after his night. The narrative ends with the narrator Sage ] praying to Matsya and declaring that whoever listens to this tale is absolved of sin and remembering Matsya daily grants success to the devotee.<ref>Rao pp. 124-5</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bhagavata.org/canto8/chapter24.html | title=Canto 8, Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation | work=S'rîmad Bhâgavatam | accessdate=May 27, 2012 | author=Anand Aadhar}}</ref><ref name=Sacred>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/hmvp/hmvp19.htm|title= The Incarnations or Avataras of Vishnu: Chapter V, 1. The Matsya or Fish Avatāra.|accessdate=29 December 2012|publisher=Sacred Texts.com}}</ref><ref name="Williams2008">{{cite book|author=George M. Williams|title=Of Hindu Mythology|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N7LOZfwCDpEC&pg=PA212|accessdate=17 December 2012|date=18 June 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533261-2|pages=212–}}</ref> 397:

he finds the fish. The legend moves in the same vein with minor modifications in that the fish grows in size, gets transferred from an earthen pot to a tank or lake and then to the mighty ] (called the spouse of the Ocean) and finally to the sea. When Manu left the fish in the sea, it warned of impending danger of a catastrophic flood event, which would submerge the whole universe. The fish advised Manu to be prepared to face the catastrophe by building a massive boat to save himself and the ] (the seven great sages) and collect all seeds of the world and promised to appear when called by him as a huge horned fish to save them. As in the ''Shatapatha Brahmana'', the horned fish appeared and the boat was tied to his horn. The fish navigated it with great force through the turbulent and salty waters of the ocean and reached the safe heights of the Himalayas. As directed by the fish, the vessel was tied to the peak of the Himalayas, which became known as the ''Naubandhana '' (the harbour). Matsya tells the sages that he is Prajapati Brahma, the lord of all beings and their saviour who rescued them from danger in the form of a fish. The fish informed that Manu would create all beings - gods, demons and men and other movable and immovable things - by the power of his austerities. The fish vanished and Manu acted on the advise of Brahma, creating all beings.<ref name=Mahabharata>{{Cite web|url=www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03186.htm|title= Mahabahrata Vana Parva, the Section CLXXXVI|publisher=Sacred Texts.com}}</ref><ref name="Krishna33"/><ref name="Rao124"/>

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2012 | year=2012 | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/369611/Matsya}}</ref> The '']'' is the earliest text to mention Matsya and the flood myth in Hinduism. It identifies the fish with Prajapati-Brahma.<ref name="Krishna33">Krishna p. 33</ref> The central characters are the fish (Matsya) and ], who becomes the progenitor of mankind and the legislator and the ancestor of two mythical royal dynasties. In this version, Manu catches a small fish in his hands while bathing. The fish is Matsya, who asks Manu for life and protection; in return he will save Manu from an impending flood; and Matsya knows exactly when this is to happen. Manu agrees to help: so Matsya tells him to place him in a jar of water, and keep him safe. When Matsya has outgrown the jar, Manu must dig a pit, fill it with water and place him in it. When Matsya outgrows the pit, Manu should transfer him to the ocean. By then, he will be big enough to survive; he will be indestructible, and will help Manu survive the flood. Meanwhile, Manu should build himself a boat. Manu does exactly as the fish has instructed and eventually releases Matsya, now fully grown, into the ocean. At the appointed time, the deluge comes; Manu boards his boat and the waters rise to cover the earth. Manu calls on Matsya for help. Matsya swims to the ship and Manu ropes his vessel to the horn that is grown on Matsya's head. Then Matsya tows the ship to the safety of the highest, driest ground,

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731:, who becomes the progenitor of mankind and the legislator and the ancestor of two mythical royal dynasties. In this version, Manu catches a small fish in his hands while bathing. The fish is Matsya, who asks Manu for life and protection; in return he will save Manu from an impending flood; and Matsya knows exactly when this is to happen. Manu agrees to help: so Matsya tells him to place him in a jar of water, and keep him safe. When Matsya has outgrown the jar, Manu must dig a pit, fill it with water and place him in it. When Matsya outgrows the pit, Manu should transfer him to the ocean. By then, he will be big enough to survive; he will be indestructible, and will help Manu survive the flood. Meanwhile, Manu should build himself a boat. Manu does exactly as the fish has instructed and eventually releases Matsya, now fully grown, into the ocean. At the appointed time, the deluge comes; Manu boards his boat and the waters rise to cover the earth. Manu calls on Matsya for help. Matsya swims to the ship and Manu ropes his vessel to the horn that is grown on Matsya's head. Then Matsya tows the ship to the safety of the highest, driest ground, at the northern mountains (interpreted as the 451:

Astonished by the fish's growth, Manu realizes that the fish is the god Vishnu. Vishnu as Matsya reveals his real identity and informs Manu that a pralaya would soon come as a ] (epoch) and a ] (aeon equal to Brahma's day) ends. Brahma sleeps in his night and his creation dissolves, submerging the earth and other worlds in the ocean. Vishnu promises to return to rescue Manu at the time of pralaya and orders him to bring all living creatures and seeds of all trees on a boat, which the gods would gift him. As pralaya came, Matsya came and pulled the boat with the serpent ] as the rope fastened to his horn. In the journey towards the mountains, Manu asks questions to Matsya and their dialogue constitutes the rest of the text.<ref name="Bonnefoy80">Bonnefoy p. 80</ref><ref name="Dalal2011">{{cite book|author=Roshen Dalal|title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&pg=PA444|accessdate=12 January 2013|date=5 October 2011|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341421-6|page=250}}</ref>

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301:. Manu ties the ship to a tree, disembarks, then slowly descends the mountain, along with the now subsiding water. Manu finds himself the sole survivor on earth; all others have been washed away by the floods. Manu then takes on the task of creating the new human race. Seeking procreation, he practices austerities and worships the gods by performing ], offering butter, milk, curds and ] (clarified butter) to the sacrificial fire. Within a year, his prayers are answered; a beautiful woman called ] appears. He marries her, and together they initiate the race of Manu, as ]s called themselves.<ref name="Ragozin1984">{{cite book|author=Zénaïde A. Ragozin|title=History of Vedic India|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-o8YedRjXusC&pg=PA335|accessdate=17 December 2012|year=1984|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=335–|id=GGKEY:EYQFW05JB83}}</ref><ref>Bonnefoy pp. 79-80</ref> 893:

space, the king moved it in a small pond, but the fish soon outgrew it. As the fish outgrew water reservoirs, Satyavrata transferred it to a lake, then to larger reservoirs and subsequently to the ocean. But the fish requested Satyavrata that it was afraid of the dangerous marine predators of the ocean. Bewildered by these words, the king asked the fish to reveal his true identity, but soon deduced that this supernatural fish was none other than Vishnu and surrendered to him. Matsya-Vishnu declared that a great flood would come seven days from then and engulf the universe. He ordered Satyavrata to assemble the seven great sages and with their counsel, gather all kinds of seeds, herbs and various beings to load them on a boat, that would be sent by Vishnu on the fateful day. He instructed that the serpent

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procreation, he practices austerities and worships the gods by performing ], offering butter, milk, curds and ] (clarified butter) to the sacrificial fire. Within a year, his prayers are answered; a beautiful woman called ] appears. He marries her, and together they initiate the race of Manu, as ]s called themselves.<ref name="Ragozin1984">{{cite book|author=Zénaïde A. Ragozin|title=History of Vedic India|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-o8YedRjXusC&pg=PA335|accessdate=17 December 2012|year=1984|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=335–|id=GGKEY:EYQFW05JB83}}</ref><ref>Bonnefoy pp. 79-80</ref>

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did as Vishnu instructed and fastened the boat to the horned fish (Matsya). As Matsya swam through the flood waters, he discoursed the king on various topics and revealed to him knowledge of the Vedas, Puranas, Samhitas as well as the Supreme Truth. After last wave of the flood ended, Matsya slew Hayagriva and rescued the Vedas and handed them over to Brahma, who woke after his night. The narrative ends with the narrator Sage

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The '']'' adds another reason for Vishnu to appear as Matsya. At the end of a ''kalpa'', a ] (demon) called Hayagriva ("horse-faced") steals the sacred ] texts when they come out of Brahma's mouth when he yawns at the start of his night, fatigued by the creation of the universe. Meanwhile, Satyavrata

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The tale of Matsya in the '']'' Book of the epic '']'' is similar to the ''Shatapatha Brahmana'' version. Manu is introduced as ] - Vaivasvata being a patronymic - the son of ] and a powerful '']'' (sage) equal to Brahma in glory. While Manu is performing religious rituals on the banks of the Chervi,

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796:, the horned fish appeared and the boat was tied to his horn. The fish navigated it with great force through the turbulent and salty waters of the ocean and reached the safe heights of the Himalayas. As directed by the fish, the vessel was tied to the peak of the Himalayas, which became known as the 596:

scriptures incorporate Matsya as an avatar of Vishnu. Matsya forewarns Manu about an impending catastrophic flood and orders him to collect all the grains of the world in a boat; in some forms of the story, all living creatures are also to be preserved in the boat. When the flood destroys the world,

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Malaya to perform '']'' (austerities). Pleased with the austerities, Brahma granted his wish to rescue the world at the time of ] (dissolution of the universe). Like other accounts, Manu meets the tiny fish. As in the ''Mahabharata'', the fish is placed in a jar and ultimately ends up in the ocean.

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should be used as a rope to tie the boat to his fish-horn. Promising that he would sail the boat through the waters throughout the night of Brahma, Matsya disappeared after his revelation and reappeared as a horned fish on the day of the Deluge, when torrential rains drenched the earth. Satyavrata

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fish was caught in his folded hands. As the king was about to throw away the fish, the fish pleaded to be not thrown in the water, where larger fishes would devour it. Assuring the fish protection, the king put it in a small jar and took it with him. But the fish grew larger and requested for more

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Early accounts of the Deluge equate Matsya with the Vedic deity ] (who was identified with the creator god ] in post-Vedic era).<ref name="Rao124">Rao p. 124</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title=Matsya | encyclopedia=] | publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Inc | accessdate=May 20,

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to perform '']'' (austerities). Pleased with the austerities, Brahma granted his wish to rescue the world at the time of ] (dissolution of the universe). Like other accounts, Manu meets the tiny fish. As in the ''Mahabharata'', the fish is placed in a jar and ultimately ends up in the ocean.

784:(sage) equal to Brahma in glory. While Manu is performing religious rituals on the banks of the Chervi, he finds the fish. The legend moves in the same vein with minor modifications in that the fish grows in size, gets transferred from an earthen pot to a tank or lake and then to the mighty 280:

the mountains. Manu ties the ship to a tree, disembarks, then slowly descends the mountain, along with the now subsiding water. Manu finds himself the sole survivor on earth; all others have been washed away by the floods. Manu then takes on the task of creating the new human race. Seeking

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texts when they come out of Brahma's mouth when he yawns at the start of his night, fatigued by the creation of the universe. Meanwhile, Satyavrata (also known as Vaivasvata Manu), who was the current Manu (there are multiple Manus in Puranic texts), and the king of

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scripture tradition of identifying the fish (Matsya) with Vishnu, instead of Brahma. The Purana derives its name from Matsya. It starts with the legend of Manu. King Manu renounced the world, handing his throne to his son and set off to Mount Malaya to perform

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where Manu creates beings of the world and men after they destroyed in the flood, though the creation is never the focus of the legend. Some authors consider the tale not a flood myth, but symbolic in nature. Manu's boat is representative of

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The '']'' initiates the ] scripture tradition of identifying the fish (Matsya) with Vishnu, instead of Brahma. The Purana derives its name from Matsya. It starts with the legend of Manu. King Manu renounced the world,

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The '']'' initiates the ] scripture tradition of identifying the fish (Matsya) with Vishnu, instead of Brahma. The Purana derives its name from Matsya. It starts with the legend of Manu

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is the earliest text to mention Matsya and the flood myth in Hinduism. It identifies the fish with Prajapati-Brahma. The central characters are the fish (Matsya) and

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emerging from a conch is sometimes depicted attacking Matsya with a sword as Matsya combats or kills him. Both of them may be depicted in the ocean, while the god

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as the rope fastened to his horn. In the journey towards the mountains, Manu asks questions to Matsya and their dialogue constitutes the rest of the text.

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praying to Matsya and declaring that whoever listens to this tale is absolved of sin and remembering Matsya daily grants success to the devotee.

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are hidden by a demon, whom Matsya slays: Manu is rescued and the scriptures are recovered. The tale is in the tradition of the family of

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form. In the latter form, the upper half is that of the four-armed man and the lower half is a fish (an exception is a sculpture in the

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Sorry. I meant to put the MP paragraph ahead of the Mahabharata and the others. I have now placed it just after the SB as it should be.

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may be depicted in the background. In some scenes, Matsya is depicted as a fish pulling the boat with Manu and the seven great sages (

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version, but mentions Manu only collecting all seeds (not living beings) and assembling the seven great sages similar to the

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Puranic Encyclopaedia: a Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature

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The story of a great Deluge is found in many civilizations across the earth. It is often related to the

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There are very few temples dedicated to Matsya. Prominent ones include Shankhodara temple in

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in the form of a fish. Often listed as the first avatar in the lists of the

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Matsya is generally enlisted as the first avatar of Vishnu, especially in

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The earliest accounts of the legend associate Matsya with the creator god

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appears. He marries her, and together they initiate the race of Manu, as

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This article concerns the Hindu avatar. For the ancient kingdom, see

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South Indian Paintings: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection

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adds another reason for Vishnu to appear as Matsya. At the end of a

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Early accounts of the Deluge equate Matsya with the Vedic deity

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of Vishnu, Matsya is described to have rescued the first man,

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British Museum; Anna Libera Dallapiccola (22 June 2010).

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