Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.84
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.84
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² Av. xi. 2, 25; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 9, 5; 14, 2; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 21. 34; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 6, 6, 1; Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, i. 8, 1, 1 (the famous fish of the deluge legend); Chāndogya Upaniṣad, i. 4, 3; Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad, i. 2; mahā-matsya, ‘great fish,’ Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, iv. 3, 18. In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 4, 3, 12 (cf. Āśvalāyana Śrauta Sūtra, x. 7, 8; Śaṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xvi. 2, 23), a Matsya Sāmmada is personified as the king of the fishes.