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2006-10-20 00:56:06
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answered by kittana 6
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Try this Site www. hinduism.co.za/ and what I Personally know is all of Vishnus avatars are said to have been on Earth. Except for Kalki who will slay the wicked and restart the universe after destroying this one.
2006-10-20 14:49:05
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answered by anon4112 3
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Vishnu (IAST viá¹£á¹u, Devanagari विषà¥à¤£à¥, with honorific Shri Vishnu; ÅrÄ« viá¹£á¹u, शà¥à¤°à¥ विषà¥à¤£à¥ ), is a form of God, in Hinduism. For Vaishnavas, he is the Ultimate Reality or God, as is Shiva for Shaivites. In Trimurti concept (sometimes called the Hindu Trinity), he is the second aspect of God (the others being Brahma and Shiva).
Known as the Preserver, he is most famously identified with his avatars, or incarnations, especially Krishna and Rama. He is also frequently referred to as Narayana.
For the followers of Vaishnavism, known as Vaishnavas, he is the Ultimate Reality and not just one form of God. Smartas, who follow Advaita philosophy, believe that deities such as Vishnu or Shiva are various forms of one ultimate higher power ("Brahman"), which has no specific form, name, face or features. The view of Ayyavazhi is almost same to that of Smartism on Vishnu.
Vaishnavism however believes that God can transcend all personal characteristics yet can also have personal characteristics for the grace of the human devotee. Personal characteristics are considered an aid for the devotee to focus on God. It also believes that it is not necessarily wrong to view a form of God as long as it is recognized that God is not limited to a particular form. Nonetheless, there are many Vaishnava sects, most notably Vadakalai Iyengars, who believe that Vishnu's actual form is not beyond human comprehension, and that his form is exactly as shown in pictures and idols.
Vaishnavite Hindus also worship Vishnu in an abstract form (i.e., God with vague form) as a saligrama stone. Use of the saligrama is similar to the use of lingam, a form of Shiva.
Hindus believe that Vishnu incarnates periodically for the establishment and protection of righteousness, good dharma and destruction of evil adharma; see avatar for more information.
There are ten primary avatars of Vishnu (dashavatara), apart from other, less significant, incarnations.
They are (in order of avatar)
Matsya (Fish)
Kurma (Turtle)
Varaha (Pig/Boar)
Narasimha (Lion man / from the torso upwards lion, below, human)
Vamana (First fully human form as a dwarf sage who has the ability to grow very tall)
Parashurama (Fierce man / Hunter)
Rama (Greatest Warrior/ Ideal man)
Krishna (Mentally advanced man) and sometimes Balarama (Rama with the plough) is mentioned as an avatar, who appeared as the elder brother of Krishna
Buddha (The all knowing one) who appeared in the 5th century BCE.
Kalki (Prophesied, yet to take place)
2006-10-20 22:12:47
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answered by Anonymous
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the 10 avatars are RAMA,KRISHNA,BALRAMA,PARASURAMA,VAMANA, NARASIHA, MACHA,KOORMA,VARAHA andKALKI
2006-10-20 05:39:15
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answered by guharamdas 5
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