[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Matsya # Matsya Matsya, the first avatar of Vishnu, is shown as a hybrid image with his human torso rising up out of the mouth of the fish incarnation. He has four arms which originally held the attributes of Vishnu, of which only fragments now remain. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1775–1793 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.583-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.583-is) · Pramāṇa