Digital Rare Book:
Matsya Purana
By Sri Vyasadeva (Vedvyas)
Published by: Munshi NavalKishore (C.I.E. Printing Press, Lucknow, India) - 1892
In Sanskrit (with Hindi Translation)

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Image:
Vishnu as the fish avatar, Matsya
Kangra, 1805 - 1815

The god Vishnu is shown in his incarnation (avatar) as the Fish (Matsya). In this form, Vishnu had helped to save the holy Vedas (scriptures), which had been taken away by a demon to the depths of the ocean.

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