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The deity Matsya derives his name from the word matsya (Sanskrit: मत्स्य), meaning "fish". [6] 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".
There are 531 species of fishes in Pakistan, of these, 233 are freshwater fish. [1] The mahseer is the national fish of Pakistan. Notopterus notoperus; Notopterus chitala; Naziritor zhobensis; Triplophysa stoliczkai - found only in Deosai; Diptyichus maculatus - found only in Deosai; Ptychobarbus conirostis - found only in Deosai
Mīnākṣī is a Sanskrit term meaning 'fish-eyed', [10] derived from the words mīna 'fish' and akṣī 'eye'. [11] She was also known by the Tamil name Taḍādakai 'fish-eyed one', mentioned in early historical account as a fierce, unmarried goddess as Meenakshi. [12] She is also known by the Tamil name Aṅgayaṟkaṇṇi or ...
The Hindi and Kumaoni name of mahāsir, mahāser, or mahāsaulā is used for a number of fishes of the group. Several sources of the common name mahseer have been suggested: It has been said to be derived from Sanskrit, while others claim it is derived from Indo-Persian, mahi- fish and sher- tiger or "tiger among fish" in Persian.
A recipe for fried Rohu fish is mentioned in Manasollasa, a 12th-century Sanskrit encyclopedia compiled by Someshvara III, who ruled from present-day Karnataka. In this recipe, the fish is marinated in asafoetida and salt after being skinned. It is then dipped in turmeric mixed in water before being fried. [10]
The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 19 February 2025, it has 217,936 articles, 190,727 registered users and 7,544 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...
Fish moilee/moily or fish molee [1] (meen molee) is a spicy fish and coconut dish of possible Portuguese or Indian origin. It is common in India , Malaysia and Singapore . During the times of the British Empire , it spread into other places of South-East Asia , such as Singapore .
The Indian mackerel is found in warm shallow waters along the coasts of the Indian and Western Pacific oceans. Its range extends from the Red Sea and East Africa in the west to Indonesia in the east, and from China and the Ryukyu Islands in the north to Australia, Melanesia and Samoa in the south. [3]