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This is a List of Hindu deities. Note there are several local and regional deities all of which cannot be listed.

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Aspects

Aspects of

Aspects of

Aspects of
  1. Kali
  2. Tara
  3. Tripura Sundari
  4. Bhuvaneshvari
  5. Bhairavi
  6. Chhinnamasta
  7. Dhumavati
  8. Bagalamukhi
  9. Matangi
  10. Kamalatmika

Aspects of

Incarnations

\"Manasputra \" of

Incarnations of

\"Avatara\" of

Manifestation of

  1. Matsya, the fish
  2. Kurma, the tortoise
  3. Varaha, the boar
  4. Narasimha, the Man-Lion (Nara = man, simha = lion)
  5. Vamana, the Dwarf
  6. Parashurama, Rama with the axe
  7. Rama, Sri Ramachandra, the prince and king of Ayodhya
  8. Krishna (meaning dark or black; see also other meanings in the article about him.)
  9. Balarama
  10. Kalki ("Eternity", or "time", or "The Destroyer of foulness"), who is expected to appear at the end of Kali Yuga, the time period in which we currently exist, which will end in the year 428899 CE.
Buddha is considered by some to be a Dashavatar instead of Balarama

The 25 Avatars of the The Puranas list twenty-five avataras of Vishnu. A description of these is found in the Bhagavata Purana, Canto 1.

  1. Catursana
  2. Narada
  3. Varaha
  4. Matsya
  5. Yajna
  6. Nara-Narayana
  7. Kapila
  8. Dattatreya
  9. Hayasirsa
  10. Hamsa
  11. Prsnigarbha
  12. Rsabha
  13. Prithu
  14. Narasimha
  15. Kurma
  16. Dhanvantari
  17. Mohini
  18. Vamana
  19. Parasurama
  20. Raghavendra (Rama)
  21. Vyasa
  22. Krishna
  23. Venkateshwara
  24. Buddha
  25. Kalki

See also

External links

  1. redirect [[Template:Hindu Deities and Texts]]

 


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