dashavatara
दशावतार daśāvatāraThe ten principal descents of Vishnu, from Matsya the fish to the future Kalki. The list stabilized late and the texts preserve variant sets.
Explained in depth in The Dashavatara: The Ten Avatars of VishnuWhere this term appears
- Who is Vishnu? Deities
The tradition's most famous answer is the dashavatara , the ten descents.
- What is an Avatar? Deities
The ten, and the many The best-known form of the doctrine is the Dashavatara , the ten descents of Vishnu: Matsya the fish, Kurma the tortoise, Varaha the boar, Narasimha the man-lion, Vamana the dwarf, Parashu…
- Hinduism and Buddhism: the difference Essentials
… count the Buddha as the ninth avatar of Vishnu, folding him into the Dashavatara, the ten descents of the Lord.
- Nagara, Dravida and Vesara: The Styles of the Hindu Temple Temples
The Dashavatara temple at Deogarh dates to around the early 6th century, in the Gupta period, and is among the earliest stone temples to carry a true northern spire.
- The Four Streams of Hinduism Essentials
Hinduism's internal diversity is best mapped as four broad streams, defined by which form of the one Reality (Brahman) a community holds supreme: Vaishnavas centre…
- The Four Yugas: Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali Essentials
The four yugas are the ages through which the world declines, in the ratio 4:3:2:1: Satya (also called Krita), Treta, Dvapara, and Kali. Together they run 4,320,000…
- What is a Hindu Temple? Temples
… around the fourth to sixth centuries CE; Temple 17 at Sanchi and the Dashavatara temple at Deogarh, the latter around the sixth century, are often cited examples.
- What is Vaishnavism? Lineages
Vaishnavism is the stream of Hinduism centred on Vishnu as the supreme reality, worshipped through his forms and avatars, above all Rama and Krishna. It is perhaps…