Saturday, May 2, 2009

Lord Krishna(GOD) and the major avatars

The word avatar has it's origins in the Vedas.Lord Krishna in this regard has innumerable expansions or avatars which in layman terms is called incarnations.The incarnations come to this earth when there is a decline in religion on a global scale.Many people don't know that Lord Buddha(Siddartha Gautama) is a 'shaktyavesh' avathaar of Shri Krishna.Other avatars include Lords:Rama(pronounced Raam),Vishnu,Narayan,Dattatreya,Dhanvanthari(Ayurvedic),Matsya(fish),Kurma(tortoise),Varaha(Boar),Vaman(Dwarf),Narashima(half man-half lion),Nara-Narayan Rishi(Twin Sages),Parashurama,Rishaba,Mohini murti(woman),Kapildev et al

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