Reading Notes: Ten Incarnations of Vishnu, Part A


  • Matsya - the fish form of Vishnu
  • Kurma - the turtle form 
    • Behind the churning of the ocean story; helped both gods and demons churn the mountain to look for the nectar of immortality 
    • Interesting to examine Kurma's role in helping the asuras 
  • Varaha - wrote a story about him 
    • Saved Bhumi by defeating Hiranyaksha
    • Was the boar-headed avatar of Vishnu
  • Narasimha - half-man, half-lion form of Vishnu 
    • His ardent devotee is Prahalada, son of Hiranyakashapa
    • Hiranyakashapa does not approve of his son's devotion and tries to kill him several times to no avail 
    • Hiranyaksha has a boon that makes him essentially immortal; Narasimha finds a loophole in that boon 

An image showing Narasimha viciously killing Hiranyakashapa. Source.

Bibliography: Dasha Avatar: The Ten Incarnations of Lord Vishnu, an Amar Chitra Katha publication

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