Dashavatara
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13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- List of Avatars
- In the Puranas
- Description of the avatars
- Historical development
- Buddha
- Krishna
- Jyotisha interpretation
- Evolutionary interpretation
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
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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 , meaning "ten", and , roughly equivalent to "incarnation".