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    or Balarama; Buddha or Krishna; and Kalki. In traditions that omit Krishna, he often replaces Vishnu as the source of all avatars. Some traditions include...
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    full avatars and partial avatars. Krishna, Rama, and Narasimha were full avatars (purna avatars), while others were partial avatars (ansha avatars). Some...
    53 KB (5,727 words) - 21:50, 1 September 2024
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    that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. In certain Hindu texts, such as the Gita Govinda, Krishna has been identified as supreme...
    38 KB (3,839 words) - 07:22, 5 September 2024
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    Chaubis Avtar (redirect from Chaubis Avatar)
    Gobind Singh, Chaubis Avtar (Krishna Avtar section), verse no.434 Guru Gobind Singh gives the life account of following Avatars in the composition: Mach Avtar...
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    Vaishnavism (redirect from Krishna bhakti)
    developed the avatar doctrine, wherein the various non-Vedic deities are revered as distinct incarnations of the supreme God Vishnu. Rama, Krishna, Narayana...
    171 KB (17,697 words) - 10:26, 27 August 2024
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    other symbols. Krishna (/ˈkrɪʃnə/; Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ]) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and...
    140 KB (15,049 words) - 07:50, 14 September 2024
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    Bhalka (category Krishna)
    action of the hunter in Krishna avatar (Avatars) is supposed to be in compliance to the boon of Rama. It is believed that Krishna left his footprints and...
    10 KB (1,001 words) - 16:26, 13 September 2024
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    Shesha (section Avatars)
    according to some traditions, as Balarama, brother of Vishnu's incarnation Krishna during the Dvapara Yuga. According to the Mahabharata (Adi Parva), his...
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    Kumbhakarna. In the Krishna avatar during the Dvapara Yuga, the killing of Dantavakra and Shishupala are not even the purpose of the avatar, but rather they...
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    Varaha (redirect from Varaha avatar)
    Varāha) is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of an Indian boar. Varaha is listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avatars of Vishnu...
    91 KB (10,805 words) - 18:40, 13 September 2024
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    Radha (category Consorts of Krishna)
    consort of the god Krishna. She is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion. In scriptures, Radha is mentioned as the avatar of Lakshmi and...
    107 KB (11,530 words) - 04:18, 16 September 2024
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    mythology, Krishna was the eighth of the ten avatars of Vishnu, born in the Dvapara Yuga, the third age of the present Hindu cosmology. Krishna is revered...
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  • the life of the Hindu deity Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. The story revolves around the birth and life of Krishna, the central character of the...
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    born on earth as Vasudeva and Devaki, the parents of Vishnu in his avatar of Krishna. In other iterations, Kashyapa is stated to have stolen a divine cow...
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    role of the facilitator of the earthly birth of Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu. She took the avatar of the daughter of Yadava cowherd Nanda and Yashoda...
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    reverence they show for other avatars of Vishnu, but though an avatar of Vishnu, the Buddha is rarely worshipped like Krishna and Rama in Hinduism. The adoption...
    42 KB (4,333 words) - 19:51, 12 September 2024
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    Vaishnava sections, Radha Krishna are often identified as the avatars of Lakshmi Narayana. Radha Krishna can be broken into two: Krishna (Devanagari: कृष्ण)...
    56 KB (5,819 words) - 13:03, 6 August 2024
  • Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film co-produced, co-edited, written, and directed by James Cameron. The cast includes Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana...
    229 KB (21,094 words) - 16:03, 12 September 2024
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    Rukmini (category Consorts of Krishna)
    Lakshmi and Krishna as the Supreme God, the source of all avatars. It states that she assumes partial avatars to accompany Krishna's avatars like Vamana...
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    Balarama (category Avatars of Vishnu)
    (Vana Parva) states about Krishna and him that Balarama is an avatar of Vishnu, while Krishna is the source of all avatars and existence. In some art...
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