I have an assignment that I need help finding the answer to. I cannot find the answer anywhere on the internet. I don't have the book for my class to help me.
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Maybe I can help you. What is the book that's used in your class? – Keshav Srinivasan Oct 08 '15 at 19:35
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Srimad Bhagavatham (Canto 1.3) speaks about 22 avatars of Vishnu- http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/1/3 – Nithin Sridhar Oct 08 '15 at 16:58
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There are scriturally mentioned either 22 or 24 avataras of Lord Vishnu or they are counted as innumerable . In any case there are no texts that explicitly gives terms like "30 Avataras of Vishnu" – Vivikta Mar 27 '21 at 08:14
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Below are the 24 Avtaras of lord Vishnu. Out of which, 23 happened already. Kalki is said to be 24th Avtara in future.
1- श्री सनकादि मुनि (Shri Sankadi Muni) :
2- वराह अवतार (Varaha Avtar) :
3- नारद अवतार (Narad Avtar) :
4- नर-नारायण (Nar-Narayan Avtar) :
5- कपिल मुनि ( Kapil Avtar) :
6- दत्तात्रेय अवतार (Dattatraya Avtar) :
7- यज्ञ ( Yagya Avatar) :
8- भगवान ऋषभदेव (Rishabh Avtar) :
9- आदिराज पृथु (Prithu Avtar) :
10- मत्स्य अवतार (Matsya Avtar) :
11- कूर्म अवतार (Kurm Avtar) :
12- भगवान धन्वन्तरि (Dhanwantari Avatar) :
13- मोहिनी अवतार (Mohini avatar) :
14- भगवान नृसिंह (Narsih Avatar) :
15- वामन अवतार (Vaman Avatar) :
16- हयग्रीव अवतार (Hayagreeva Avatar) :
17- श्रीहरि अवतार ( Shri Hari Avtar) :
18- परशुराम अवतार (Parshuram Avatar) :
19- महर्षि वेदव्यास ( Vyas Avatar) :
20- हंस अवतार (Hans Avatar) :
21- श्रीराम अवतार (Ram avatar) :
22- श्रीकृष्ण अवतार (Krishna Avatar) :
23- बुद्ध अवतार (Buddha Avatar) :
24- कल्कि अवतार (Kalki Avatar) :
Apart from those, Shrinathji & Swami Narayana can also be considered as re-incarnations of lord Shri Krishna.
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1Good collection. Perhaps Shrinathji & Swami Narayana can also be considered as Avatars. There is a famous story that, Swamy Narayana's parents were cursed by Ashwatthama that their son will not be able to possess any weapons; since he foresaw that it's going to be Krishna's incarnation. – iammilind Oct 09 '15 at 06:13
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@AnilKumar yes this link describe http://avatarsofbrahmavishnumahesh.blogspot.in/2013/07/24-avatar-of-lord-vishnu.html Adi Purusha Incarnation as the Pre-eminent man – Bhavin Oct 09 '15 at 08:41
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@BhavinChhatrola i know that link. In fact i came to know about that avatar from that page. But i want to know whether it was mentioned in any of the puranas? Is that Adi Purusha Avatar is Lord Narayana , amsa of Vishnu who lives in Vaikunta? – The Destroyer Oct 09 '15 at 09:51
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Can you rearrange them by the order in which they happened? Because I think Matsya Avatar was the 1st incarnation. – Pinakin Oct 09 '15 at 10:20
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@ChinmaySarupria no, matsya avtara is first avtara when we talk about lord vishnu's Exact 10 avtara see here : http://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/927/what-are-the-exact-ten-avatars-of-vishnu and matsya is first avtar of current manavatar – Bhavin Oct 09 '15 at 10:48
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@ChinmaySarupria see here read this artical which avtara came first Matsya is fourth avtara http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/avatars.htm see also image here http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/images/avataras.jpg – Bhavin Oct 09 '15 at 10:54
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Rishabhdev is also the first tirthankar of Jainism. Rishabhdev attained enlightenment at Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva. Rishabh is also one name of Shiva. So how Rishabhdev is also linked to Lord Shiva, why he is also linked to Jainism and why he is also an avatar of Lord Vishnu? – Pinakin Oct 09 '15 at 11:01
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@ChinmaySarupria you should ask this question in this site or may be here the answer of your question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishabha_(Hinduism) why he related to Vishnu & Shiva – Bhavin Oct 09 '15 at 11:09
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1@iammilind Srinathji isn't a separate incarnation; the Srinathji statue is just a statue of Krishna, as I discuss in my answer here: http://hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/2950/36 As far as Swaminarayan goes, pretty much only members of the Swaminarayan sect believe he's an incarnation, although the site some scriptures to support their view, like the Skanda Purana quote in my question here: http://hinduism.stackexchange.com/q/6623/36 – Keshav Srinivasan Oct 09 '15 at 17:35
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1 Ajita (from Vishnu Purana)
2 Balarāma (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
3 Buddha (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
4 Dattatreya (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
5 Dhanvantari (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
6 Haṁsa (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
7 Hari (from Vishnu Purana)
8 Hayagreeva (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
9 Kalki
10 Kapila (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
11 Krishna
12 Krishna Dvaipāyana (28th Vyasa)
13 Kumāras (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
14 Kurma
15 Mánasa (from Vishnu Purana)
16 Mandhata (from Vayu Purana)
17 Matsya
18 Mohini
19 Nārada (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
20 Nārāyaṇa Rishi
21 Nrisimha
22 Parashurama
23 Pṛthu (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
24 Rama
25 Ṛṣabha (from Bhāgavata Purāṇ)
26 Satya (from Vishnu Purana)
27 Vaikuntha (from Vishnu Purana)
28 Vámana
29 Varaha
30 Yajna (from Vishnu Purana)
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