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14. THE CONCEPT OF AVATARS
Firstly, he is a warrior who destroys the powers of evil.
Secondly, he is associated with love in all its forms, ranging from amorous sport to the love of God in the most spiritual and mystical sense.
Thirdly, he is not only a deity, but he actually becomes God in the European and also in the pantheistic acceptation of the word, and is the centre of a philosophic theology.
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