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________________ 14. THE CONCEPT OF AVATARS In the Krita (Satya Yuga) there is no adharma and dharma stands on all four legs (4), in the Treta Yuga it stands on three legs(3) - adharma is only little. In fact there was no adharma to be destroyed in the first three avatars if at all the other had any. In the Dwapara Yuga(2) it stands on two legs and in the Kali Yuga (1) it stands on one leg. If adharma was the reason for incarnation the number of incarnations in each age should have been the other way round. There is no reason for the first four avatars at all since there is no evil in the first Satya Yuga. 101 TIME AVATARA YUGA 3.9M BC Fish Tortoise Boar Man-Lion SATYA 2.2M BC Vamana Parasurama Rama TRETA 0.9 MBC Balarama Krishna DWAPARA 0.03 MBC KALI 0.4 M AD The following table summarizes the meaning of Vishnu's past 9 avatars: http://www.comparativereligion.com/avatars.html Topic Which avatar's case fits into this scenario A demon performed austerities and gained too much power over the gods 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 The avatar came to save the gods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 The avatar came to save humans 1, 3, 4, 6, 7,8 The avatar kills a demon 3,4,7,8 The avatar's form of embodiment Animal (1, 2, 3), half-beast, half-human (4), human (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) according to how the demon had to be deceived. 272
SR No.007303
Book TitleDevelopment of Hinduism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorM M Ninan
PublisherM M Ninan
Publication Year
Total Pages582
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size45 MB
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