Matsyaraja, Matsyarāja, Matsya-raja: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMatsyarāja (मत्स्यराज):—[(ma + rāja)] m.
1) der König der Fische, Cyprinus Rohita [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1346.] [Hārāvalī 188.] —
2) der Fürst der Matsya [Mahābhārata 2, 1106.] [Spr. 2639.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMatsyarāja (मत्स्यराज):—m. —
1) Pl. die besten Fische [Bhāvaprakāśa 4,18.] —
2) *Cyprinus Rohita. —
3) ein Fürst der Matsya.
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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Partial matches: Raja, Matsya.
Full-text: Maccaracan, Makara, Arjuna.
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