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... incarnations of Vishnu assume a prominent place in the poems , and still more so in the Puranas . The first three , the Fish , the Tortoise , and the Boar , have a cosmical cha- racter , and are foreshadowed in the hymns of the Vedas ...
... incarnations of Vishnu assume a prominent place in the poems , and still more so in the Puranas . The first three , the Fish , the Tortoise , and the Boar , have a cosmical cha- racter , and are foreshadowed in the hymns of the Vedas ...
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... incarnation ( wherefore he is sometimes called Aditya ) , and also of Indra , and she is called " the mother of the gods " and " the mother of the world . " Indra acknowledged her as mother , and Vishnu , after receiving the adoration ...
... incarnation ( wherefore he is sometimes called Aditya ) , and also of Indra , and she is called " the mother of the gods " and " the mother of the world . " Indra acknowledged her as mother , and Vishnu , after receiving the adoration ...
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... incarnation of a deity , espe- cially of Vishnu . The first indication , not of an Avatara , but of what subsequently developed into an Avatara , is found in the Rig - veda in the " three steps " of " Vishnu , the unconquer- able ...
... incarnation of a deity , espe- cially of Vishnu . The first indication , not of an Avatara , but of what subsequently developed into an Avatara , is found in the Rig - veda in the " three steps " of " Vishnu , the unconquer- able ...
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... incarnation of Vamana the dwarf , to be presently noticed . Another reference to " three strides " and to a sort of Avatara is made in the Taittiriya Sanhita , where it is said , " Indra , assuming the form of a she - jackal , stepped ...
... incarnation of Vamana the dwarf , to be presently noticed . Another reference to " three strides " and to a sort of Avatara is made in the Taittiriya Sanhita , where it is said , " Indra , assuming the form of a she - jackal , stepped ...
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... incarnations of the boar , the tortoise , and the fish are thus in the earlier writings represented as manifestations of Prajapati or Brahma . The " three steps " which form the germ of the dwarf incarnation are ascribed to Vishnu , but ...
... incarnations of the boar , the tortoise , and the fish are thus in the earlier writings represented as manifestations of Prajapati or Brahma . The " three steps " which form the germ of the dwarf incarnation are ascribed to Vishnu , but ...
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According Aditi Adityas Agni Arjuna Asuras Aswins Avatara Bala-rāma became Bhagavata Bharata Bhima Bhishma Bhrigu Bibliotheca Indica birth born Brahman Brihaspati brother called celebrated chariot curse Daitya Daksha Dasa-ratha daughter of Daksha deity demon descended Devi Dhrita-rashtra divine drama Draupadi Drona Dur-yodhana earth edited father female fire forest Gandharvas Ganges gave goddess gods Hari-vansa heaven Hindu horse husband hymns incarnation India Indra Kasyapa Kauravas killed king Krishna Kshatriya Kuvera Lakshmana legend Linga lord Lunar race Maha-bharata Manu Meru mother mountain Nala nymph ocean Pandavas Pandu Parasu-rāma personified Pitris poem Post 8vo Prajapati priest princes Raja Rakshasa Rāma Rama's Rāmāyana Ravana represented Rig-veda Rishi river Rudra sacrifice sage Sanhita Sanskrit Saraswati Satapatha Brahmana says serpent seven Sītā Siva Solar race Soma sons sprang story Sutras told translated Upanishad Varuna Vasishtha Vayu Vedas Vedic verses Vishnu Purana Viswamitra Vyasa wife worship Yadavas Yama Yudhi-shthira