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The Dashavatara (दशावतार) is an excerpt from Srimad Bhagavatam that speaks about the ten primary Avataras of Vishnu. Dasha (दश) means ten and Avatara (अवतार) means incarnation.

Introduction

The Matsya Avatāra (मत्स्य-अवतार) is the first of ten primary avatāras of Bhagavan Vishnu. In this Avatāra, Vishnu took the form of a fish.

Matsya Avatara

In Kūrma (कूर्म) avatāra, Bhagavān incarnated as a turtle to help the Devas and Asuras with the churning of the ocean to get amṛta (a nectar that gave everlasting life to those who drank it).

Kurma Avatara

Bhagavān Viṣhṇu incarnated as a huge boar - Varāha (वराह), to rescue Mother Earth from an underwater loka (लोक) called Rasātala (रसातल) by killing the Asura called Hiraṇyākṣha (हिरण्याक्ष).

Varaha Avatara

In Narasiṃha (नरसिंह) Avatāra, Bhagavān Viṣhṇu incarnated as half-man, half-lion and saved Prahlāda (प्रह्लाद), the greatest devotee of Bhagavān from the Asura, Hiraṇyakaśhipu (हिरण्यकशिपु).

Narasimha Avatara

Bhagavān Viṣhṇu incarnated as a dwarf to help Indra Deva get his kingdom back from Mahābali (महाबलि) - the king of Asuras.

Vamana Avatara

In Paraśhurāma (परशुराम) Avatāra, Bhagavān Viṣhṇu incarnated as a warrior Brāhmaṇa and killed 21 generations of Kṣhatriya (क्षत्रिय) Kings who had gone against dharma.

Parashurama Avarata

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Rama Avatara - Introduction

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