matsya
मत्स्य matsyaFish; the third of the five m's (panchamakara) of Kaula ritual.
Where this term appears
- Why do so many temples face east? Temples
The old manuals call the figure drawn between the two marks a matsya , a fish, its pointed ends fixing the axis.
- The 64 Śākta Tantras Lineages
They are five substances whose Sanskrit names begin with the letter m : madya , wine; māṃsa , meat; matsya , fish; mudrā , parched grain; and maithuna , sexual union.
- The Kularnava Tantra: The Kaula Path and the True Guru Lineages
The Kularnava does discuss the pancha-makara , the "five Ms": madya (wine), mamsa (meat), matsya (fish), mudra (parched grain), and maithuna (sexual union), the ritual substances of the left-hand Kaula path.
- What is Tantra? Lineages
…ach begins with the sound ma in Sanskrit: madya (wine), mamsa (meat), matsya (fish), mudra (parched grain), and maithuna (sexual union).
- The Dashavatara: The Ten Avatars of Vishnu Deities
Matsya , the fish, appears at the cosmic flood, towing the boat that carries Manu, the seeds of life, and the Vedas to safety across the drowned world.
- The Vastu-Purusha-Mandala: The Plan Behind the Temple Temples
A version appears in the Matsya Purana , one of the eighteen major Puranas.
- What are the Puranas? Scriptures
…gni, Bhavishya, Brahmavaivarta, Linga, Varaha, Skanda, Vamana, Kurma, Matsya, Garuda, and Brahmanda Puranas.
- What is an Avatar? Deities
…form of the doctrine is the Dashavatara , the ten descents of Vishnu: Matsya the fish, Kurma the tortoise, Varaha the boar, Narasimha the man-lion, Vamana the dwarf, Parashurama , Rama , Krishna , the Buddha , …