- An avatar is a concept in Hinduism and it means "descent", and refers to the appearance or incarnation of a deity on earth
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- The term also generally refers to "alight, to make one's appearance" and sometimes used to refer to any revered guru or human being
- The word avatar does not appear in the Vedic literature, but appears in verb forms in post-Vedic literature, and as a noun particularly in the Puranic literature after the 6th century CE
- The Rigveda describes Indra as endowed with a mysterious power of assuming any form at will
- The Bhagavad Gita expounds the doctrine of Avatara but with terms other than avatar
- Theologically, the term is most often associated with the Hindu god Vishnu, though the idea has been applied to other deities
- Varying lists of avatars of Vishnu appear in Hindu scriptures, including the ten Dashavatara of the Garuda Purana and the twenty-two avatars in the Bhagavata Purana, though the latter adds that the incarnations of Vishnu are innumerable
- The avatars of Vishnu are important in Vaishnavism theology
- In the goddess-based Shaktism tradition of Hinduism, avatars of the Devi in different appearances such as Tripura Sundari, Durga and Kali are commonly found
- While avatars of other deities such as Ganesha and Shiva are also mentioned in medieval Hindu texts, this is minor and occasional
- The incarnation doctrine is one of the important differences between Vaishnavism and Shaivism traditions of Hinduism
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