Editing Matsya (section)

==Etymology==
The deity Matsya derives his name from the word ''matsya'' ({{langx|sa|मत्स्य}}), meaning "fish".<ref>[[Manfred Mayrhofer|Mayrhofer, Manfred]] (1996). Entry “mátsya-”. In: ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen'' [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] Volume II. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1996. pp. 297-298. (In German)</ref> Monier-Williams and R. Franco suggest that the words ''matsa'' and ''matsya'', both meaning fish, derive from the root ''mad'', meaning "to rejoice, be glad, exult, delight or revel in". Thus, matsya means the "joyous one".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary|title=matsya/matsa|url=https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/webtc/servepdf.php?page=776|page=776|year=1899|access-date=26 September 2020|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916100245/https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/webtc/servepdf.php?page=776|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KphVAgAAQBAJ&q=sanskrit+%27mad%27+the+gay+one&pg=PA383|title=Comparative etymological Dictionary of classical Indo-European languages: Indo-European - Sanskrit - Greek - Latin|last=Franco|first=Rendich|date=2013-12-14|publisher=Rendich Franco|pages=383, 555–556|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary|title=mad|url=https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/webtc/servepdf.php?page=777|page=777|year=1899|access-date=26 September 2020|archive-date=8 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008120305/https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/webtc/servepdf.php?page=777|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sanskrit grammarian and etymologist [[Yāska|Yaska]] ({{circa|600 BCE}}) also refers to the same stating that fish are known as ''matsya'' as "they revel in eating each other". Yaska also offers an alternate etymology of ''matsya'' as "floating in water" derived from the roots ''syand'' (to float) and ''madhu'' (water).<ref name="yaska">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TheNighantuAndTheNirukta/page/n513/mode/2up|title=The Nighantu and the Nirukta|last1=Yaska|last2=Sarup|first2=Lakshman|date=1967|publisher=Delhi Motilal Banarsidass|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|page=108 (English section)}}</ref> The Sanskrit word ''matsya'' is cognate with [[Prakrit]] ''maccha'' ("fish").<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary|title=maccha|url=https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/webtc/servepdf.php?page=773|page=773|year=1899|access-date=26 September 2020|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916121222/https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/webtc/servepdf.php?page=773|url-status=live}}</ref>