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[Fact 1]: |Manu]] - the progeniter of mankind from the great deluge and rescued the Vedic scriptures by killing a demon# Kurma, the tortoise-avatar, who helped in the Samudra manthan - the churning of the ocean# Varaha, the boar-avatar, who rescued the earth from the ocean, by killing her kidnapper-demon Hiranyaksha# Narasimha, the half man-half lion avatar, who killed the tyrant demon-king Hiranyakashipu, to rescue the demon's son Prahlada, who was a Vishnu-devotee# Vamana, the dwarf-avatar, who defeated the demon-king Bali# Parashurama, sage with the axe who killed the thousand-armed king Kartavirya Arjuna# Rama, the king of Ayodhya and the hero of the Hindu epic Ramayana# Krishna, the king of Dwarka, a central character in the Bhagavata Purana and the Mahabharata and reciter of Bhagavad Gita# Gautama BuddhaList of Hindu scripture that declares Gautama Buddha as 9th Avatar of Vishnu as follows Ramchandra Chintaman, Shri Vitthal: ek maha samanvaya, Shri Vidya Prakashan, Pune, 1984 (Marathi[http://srimadbhagavatam.com/1/3/en1 Bhagavata Purana, Canto 1, Chapter 3 - SB 1.3.24: "Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Anjana, in the province of Gaya, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist." ..

[Fact 2]: 108.Related to the idea of avatar is that of , that is, the idea of manifestations of the divine in various aspects of human life and the natural world.Sheth, p.

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[Fact 4]: 111.Sheth, p.

[Fact 5]: The descents of Vishnu are also integral to his teaching and tradition, whereas the accounts of other deities are not so strictly dependent on their avatar stories.

[Fact 6]: 100The concept of avatar within Hinduism is most often associated with Vishnu, the preserver or sustainer aspect of God within the Hindu Trinity or Trimurti.

[Fact 7]: 100.Vishnu's avatars typically descend for a very specific purpose.

[Fact 8]: SB 1.3.28: "All of the above-mentioned incarnations avatars are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord or Vishnu"O Keshava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Buddha! All glories to You! O Buddha of compassionate heart, you decry the slaughtering of poor animals performed according to the rules of Vedic sacrifice. Dasavatara stotraLecture 1974 by founder of ISKCON - A.

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[Fact 10]: There are said to be unlimited numbers of these avatars.Avatar - Categories of Incarnations,by Atmatattva Das, 06/17/2005""During the hundred years of Brahmā's life, there are 504,000 manvantara-avatāras." , all avatars of Vishnu are alike in potency and every other quality.

[Fact 11]: The commonly accepted number of ten was fixed well before the 10th century CE. In addition, various Vaishnava saints and founders are considered to be partial avatars.Sheth, p.