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The Dashavatara (Sanskrit: दशावतार, IAST: daśāvatāra) are the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, a principal Hindu god. Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. The word Dashavatara derives from daśa, meaning "ten", and avatāra, roughly equivalent to "incarnation".
- Matsya Avatar. Matsya is the half fish, a half-human form of Vishnu. According to Matsya Puran, Matsya informs Manu, the leader of the humans, of the great flood, and helps him save all the motile living beings, the Vedas, and the seeds of all plants.
- Kurma Avatar. Kurma is the half tortoise half-man form of Vishnu. During the churning of the ocean (Samudra Manthan), he balances Mount Mandara on his shell to assist the gods and the demons in the churning process.
- Varaha Avatar. Varaha is the half man and half boar avatar of Vishnu. In Hindu dharma, he slays the demon Hiranyaksha to save Bhudevi, the personification of the earth, and restores her back to the surface from a sinking state using his tusks.
- Narsimha. Narsimha is the half lion and a half-human avatar of Vishnu. He was born to end the reign of the demonic king Hiranya Kashyap and establish peace, order, righteousness, and other elements of dharma on earth.
Learn about the 10 principal incarnations of Lord Vishnu on Earth, from Matsya to Kalki, and their roles and stories. Find out why Lord Vishnu incarnates to protect dharma and restore righteousness in different yugas.
- Matsya (Fish) A Satya Yuga Avatar. When the world was at the brink of extinction Manu was instructed by God to rescue the life form on earth, he chooses 1 male and 1 female from every species, also collects plants of different species and loads them all on the big ship he had already built.
- Kurma (Tortoise) A SatyaYuga Avatar. When the devas and asuras were churning the Ocean of milk in order to get amrita, the nectar of immortality, with serpent Vasuki as the rope and the mount Mandara as the churning staff, the mountain starts to sink, Vishnu took the form of a tortoise to bear the weight of the mountain.
- Varaha (Boar) A SatyaYuga Avatar. When the demon Hiranyaksha stole the earth (goddess Bhudevi) and hid her in the primordial waters, Vishnu appeared as Varaha to rescue her.
- Narasimha ( half-man/half-lion) A SatyaYuga Avatar. The younger brother of Hirṇayakṣa, Hiraṇyakaśipu wanted revenge on Viṣṇu and his followers. He undertook many years of austere penance to take revenge on Viṣṇu for the death of his brother.
Learn about the 10 incarnations of Vishnu, the preserver deity in Hinduism, who descends to earth to restore cosmic order. Explore the mythology, significance, and names of each avatar, from Matsya to Kalki, with examples and references.
Learn about the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the universe in Hinduism. Find out their names, symbols, stories and significance in this web page.
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Learn about the 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the universe, who took different forms to restore dharma and destroy evil. Read the stories of Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vaman, Parashuram, Rama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki.
