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Ten avatars of Vishnu (Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Krishna, Kalki, Buddha, Parshurama, Rama & Narasimha). Painting from Jaipur, now at the Victoria and Albert Museum

In Hinduism, an avatar (; ; from Sanskrit अवतार in the Devanagari script, meaning "descent") is a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being (i.e., Vishnu for Vaishnavites) and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation," but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation".

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• Related: Avatars in the Mahabharata, Gautama Buddha in Hinduism, Incarnation

Avatars (Incarnations or Descents) of Vishnu Avatars (Incarnations or Descents) of Vishnu www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Religions/Avatars/Vishnu.html - Web

New York Times on origin and use of word avatar New York Times on origin and use of word avatar www.nytimes.com/.../10wwln-guest-t.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=avatar&st=cse&oref=login - Web

Meher Baba's interpretation of the Avatar's origin Meher Baba's interpretation of the Avatar's origin home.online.no/~solibakk/firstava.html - Web

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