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  2. Dashavatara - Wikipedia

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    Balarama, the elder brother of Krishna, is regarded generally as an avatar of Shesha an extension of Ananta, a form of Vishnu. Balarama is included as the eighth avatar of Vishnu in the Sri Vaishnava lists, where Buddha is omitted and Krishna appears as the ninth avatar in this list. [8] He is particularly included in the lists where Krishna is ...

  3. Dashavatar (film) - Wikipedia

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    Dashavatar is a 2008 animated film based on the ten incarnations (Dashavatara) of Vishnu. [2] [3] The film is produced by Vimal Shah under the banner of Phoebus Media. It is directed by Bhavik Thakore. Music is by Anand Kurhekar with lyrics by Sandeep Khare. The movie centers on the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu as seen by two children.

  4. Krishna - Wikipedia

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    Krishna is considered a full avatar of Vishnu, or one with Vishnu himself. [176] However, the exact relationship between Krishna and Vishnu is complex and diverse, [177] with Krishna of Krishnaite sampradayas considered an independent deity and supreme. [23] [178] Vaishnavas accept many incarnations of Vishnu, but Krishna is particularly ...

  5. Avatar - Wikipedia

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    Krishna: 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 ...

  6. Avatars in the Mahabharata - Wikipedia

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    Bhumi (Bhumi is an avatar of Lakshmi: Satyaki: One of the Maruts Satyavati: Acchoda Savitri and Satyavan: Dattatreya (combination of Trimurti) and Gayatri (avatar of Saraswati or Anagha (fem version of Dattatreya and combination of Tridevi) Senabindu Tuhunda Shalva: Ajaka Shalya: Sahalada Shakuni: Dvapara: Shantanu: Mahabhisha Shikhandi: Amba ...

  7. Krishnaism - Wikipedia

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    At this stage that Vishnu of the Rig Veda was assimilated into Krishnaism and became the equivalent of the Supreme God. [22] The appearance of Krishna as one of the Avatars of Vishnu dates to the period of the Sanskrit epics in the early centuries CE. The Bhagavad Gita was incorporated into the Mahabharata as a key text for Krishnaism.

  8. Chaubis Avtar - Wikipedia

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    The two avatars of Vishnu, Rama and Krishna, comprise the longest part of the Chaubis Avtar. [1] Modern era scholars state that verse 863 of the Rama Avatar section of the text rejects worship of particular gods, reject the scriptures of both Hinduism and Islam, and instead reveres the "Sword-bearing lord" ( Asipani ). [ 13 ]

  9. Vamana - Wikipedia

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    He is the fifth avatar of Vishnu and the first Dashavatara in the Treta Yuga, after Narasimha. [ 9 ] First mentioned in the Vedas , Vamana is most commonly associated in the Hindu epics and Puranas with the story of taking back the three worlds (collectively referred to as the Trailokya ) [ 10 ] from the daitya -king Mahabali by taking three ...