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Matsya

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Representing a fish, the Matsya mudra is the seventeenth of the twenty-four joint-hand mudras. It is known as the first incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

Matsya
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Meaning Fish

Application

Can be used by performing artists to denote a fish. When the thumbs are moved in circles, the movement of swimming is expressed.