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The latter version is followed by some Vaishnavas who do not accept the Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu. [10] One list in the Mahabharata gives Rama , Rama (Dasharathi), Satvata (Krishna or Balarama), [11] the Tri-Rama. The Tantric Prapanchasara (attributed to Adi Shankara, but disputed, [12]) also omits the Buddha.
Kalki is an avatara of Vishnu. Avatar means "descent", and refers to a descent of the divine into the material realm of human existence. Kalki appears for the first time in the Mahabharata. [16] The Garuda Purana lists ten incarnations, with Kalki being the final one. [17] He is described as the incarnation who appears at the end of the Kali Yuga.
Buddhists traditionally do not accept the Buddha to be a Vishnu avatar. [6] [34] B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian scholar and the Dalit leader who in 1935 declared his intention to convert from Hinduism to Buddhism and converted about 20 years later, rejected the belief that Buddha was an incarnation of Vishnu.
The eighth avatar of Vishnu who incarnates to re-establish righteousness in the world. He slays Kamsa, the tyrant of Mathura and his uncle, and participates in the Kurukshetra War as the charioteer of Arjuna. [45] Buddha (debated) The historical Buddha, who incarnates to delude the asuras from the path of the Vedas, ensuring the victory of the ...
While some Hindus consider Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu, Buddhists in Sri Lanka venerate Vishnu as the custodian deity of Sri Lanka and protector of Buddhism. [156] Vishnu is also known as Upulvan or Upalavarṇā, meaning 'Blue Lotus coloured'.
Gautama Buddha is mentioned as an Avatar of Vishnu in the Puranic texts of Hinduism. [8] In the Bhagavata Purana he is twenty fourth of twenty five avatars, prefiguring a forthcoming final incarnation. A number of Hindu traditions portray Buddha as the most recent of ten principal avatars, known as the Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations of God).
[8] [10] [11] The word Sastha could have also be derived from Buddhism as Ayyappan is seen as an incarnation of Buddha and Buddha was known by the same name, meaning teacher. [8] [11] [12] He is also known as Hariharasudhan, meaning the "son of Harihara" as a fusion of Hari and Hara, the names given to Vishnu and Shiva respectively. [10]
The belief in the supremacy of Vishnu is based upon the many avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu listed in the Puranic texts, which differs from other Hindu deities such as Ganesha, Surya, or Durga. To the devotees of the Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya, "Lord Vishnu is the Supreme Being and the foundation of all existence."