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14. THE CONCEPT OF AVATARS
THE TEN INCARNATIONS
THE STORY
OF
THE CONQUEST OF VAISHNAVISM OVER THE BUDDHISTS &CHRISTIANS IN INDIA
MATSYA (FISH) AVATARA
INDIA
SRI LANKA
The Flood and the Ark
This avatar is connected with the Biblical deluge in which Vaivaswata Manu (Satya vrata - The Righteous - Noah) or Noah was saved through the Ark, At the fish's command, Manu embarked in a ship together with the Rishis and the seeds of all existing things, and the ship, bound to the fish's great horn, was preserved during the Flood. Finally it rested on a peak of the Himalayas. The period
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