The Sanskrit grammarian and etymologist Yaska (circa 600 BCE) also refers to the same stating that fish are known as matsya as "they revel eating each other". 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". The deity Matsya derives his name from the word matsya ( Sanskrit: मत्स्य), meaning "fish". The tale is in the tradition of the family of flood myths, common across cultures. In later versions, Matsya slays a demon who steals the sacred scriptures - the Vedas and thus is lauded as the saviour of the scriptures. These legends have embedded symbolism, where a small fish with Manu's protection grows to become a big fish, and the fish saves earthly existence. The legends associated with Matsya expand, evolve and vary in Hindu texts. The fish-saviour later merges with the identity of Brahma in post-Vedic era and still later becomes equated with Vishnu. The earliest account of Matsya is found in the Shatapatha Brahmana where Matsya is not associated with any particular deity. Matsya may be depicted as a giant fish, often golden in color, or anthropomorphically with the torso of Vishnu connected to the rear half of a fish. Often described as the first of Vishnu's ten primary avatars, Matsya is described to have rescued the first man Manu from a great deluge. fish) is the fish avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu.
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