Dashavatara
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title:
Dashavatara
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The Dashavatara are the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, a principal Hindu god. Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. The word Dashavatara derives from daśa, meaning "ten", and avatāra, roughly equivalent to "incarnation". The list of included avatars varies across sects and regions, particularly in respect to the inclusion of Balarama or Gautama Buddha. Though no list can be uncontroversially presented as standard, the "most accepted list found in Puranas and
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Ten major avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashavatara
date created:
2008-04-19T14:14:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T04:51:15Z
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