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MATSYENDRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does matsyendra mean? 

MATSYENDRA (noun)
  The noun MATSYENDRA has 1 sense:

1. (Hinduism) a religious postureplay

  Familiarity information: MATSYENDRA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MATSYENDRA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Hinduism) a religious posture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("matsyendra" is a kind of...):

asana ((Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga))

Domain category:

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)


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