Vishnu
who is known as the Preserver of the Universe , seeks from time to time
to redeem the world and as an Avat├гr (Incarnation) manifests his Divine
Being into the life of man, whenever evil threatens it. Each of these
Avatar's have significant impact on the timeline of occurance.
Till date there are 10 avatar's that Vishnu has taken or Dashavatar. They are as follows:-
Till date there are 10 avatar's that Vishnu has taken or Dashavatar. They are as follows:-
- Matsya - The Fish
- Kurma - The Tortoise
- Varaha - The Boar
- Narasimha - The Man-Lion
- Vamana - The Dwarf
- Parashuram
- Ram
- Krishna
- Buddha
- Kalki
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As Matsya the fish, saviour of srishti or creation. Through this form, Vishnu saved the four Vedas from destruction by flood.
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As Kurma the tortoise, Vishnu
helped the Devas, or pious celestial beings against the Asuras, or
devils, when they tried to churn the mythical ocean for nectar that
gauranteed eternal life.
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As Varaha the boar, Vishnu
saved the earth by lifting it on his tusks from the bottom of the ocean
where it lay submerged during the fight between the Devas and the
Asuras.
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As Narasimha, half lion, half man, Vishnu saved his devotee Prahlad from his evil father Hiranyakashyapu.
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As Vaman the dwarf, Vishnu
asked King Bali for a mere three steps of the earth. When he assumed his
real form, the covered the whole earth in one step, thus humbling the
king.
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As Parashurama or Ram with
axe, Vishnu annihilated the demons in their battle with the gods.
Another account holds that he took this form to rid the world of
oppression by kings.
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As Ram, Vishnu led the victory of good over evil. The epic Ramayan is based on this seventh incarnation of Vishnu.
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As Krishna, Vishnu became the
hero of the battle between warring brothers, the Pandavas and the
Kauravas, as related in the epic Mahabharat.
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As Gautam Buddha, the Enlightened One, he showed the path of righteousness and set the course for a new religion, Buddhism.
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Kalki, the tenth incarnation
of Vishnu is yet to manifest itself. It is believed that it will be in
the form of a horseman who will appear when the world is near its end
and save it from extinction.
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