In Hinduism, an avatar or avatara (Sanskrit अवतार), is the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of an Immortal Being, or of the Ultimate Supreme Being. It derives from the Sanskrit word avatāra which means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into mortal realms for special purposes. The term is used primarily in Hinduism, for incarnations of Vishnu the Preserver, whom many Hindus worship as God. The Dasavatara (see below) are t ...

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• Avatar - Teachings and significance
• Avatar - The ten Avatars or Dasavatara
• Avatar - The 24 Avatars of the Puranas
• Avatar - Types of avatars
• Avatar - The Ninth Avatar: Balarama or Buddha?
• Avatar - Symbolism
• Avatar - List of other people considered to be avatars
• Avatar - Other Uses

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Avatar, Avatar - Teachings and significance, Avatar - The ten Avatars or Dasavatara, Avatar - The 24 Avatars of the Puranas, Avatar - Types of avatars, Avatar - The Ninth Avatar: Balarama or Buddha?, Avatar - Symbolism, Avatar - List of other people considered to be avatars, Avatar - Other Uses

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The Maha Avatara (Great Avatars) of Vishnu are usually said to be ten and this is popularly known as the Dasavatara (dasa (dasha) in Sanskrit means ten). The first four of the ten avatars have appeared in the Krita Yuga (the first of the four Yugas or Ages that comprise one Mahayuga - for more details please read the section above on Lord Brahma). The next three avatars appeared in the Treta Yuga, the eighth incarnation in the Dwapar Yuga and the ninth in the Kali Yuga. The ...

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Avatar, Avatar - Teachings and significance, Avatar - The ten Avatars, or Dasavatara, Avatar - The 24 Avatars of the Puranas, Avatar - Types of avatars, Avatar - The Ninth Avatar: Balarama or Buddha?, Avatar - Symbolism, Avatar - List of other people considered to be avatars, Avatar - Other Uses

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 An Avatar is an incarnation of a fragment of God on Earth. Avatars that are known of in the West include Christ, Buddha, Rama and Krishna. There are many others, however, as enumerated in the Bhagavata, the story of all the major Avatars.

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Are you the Kalki Avatar?

Kalki, or Sri Kalki Bhagavan, the founder of Golden Age Foundation, is considered to be the Kalki Avatar capable of bringing enlightenment and to introduce the Golden Age. Here he is commenting on being the Kalki Avatar.

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Shanidev is Partly Shiva's Avatar

Shani or Shanichar (Saturn) is believed to be the son of Surya the Sun-god and Chhaya. So he is also called Saura. His other names include Kruradris and Kruralochana (the cruel-eyed), Mandu (dull or slow), Pangu (physically challenged), Saptarchi (seven-eyed) and Asita (dark). Shani is believed to wield evil influence, so anyone born under his influence is at risk. Hence the day named after him, Shanivara, is considered inauspicious to begin any new venture.

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Conquering Mara is a big challenge. Consider Mara an evil 'being' out to delude humanity - a personification of one's mental impurities. Sayagyi U Ba Khin, the renowned Vipassana meditation teacher of the twentieth century, explained the 10 biggest obstructions on the path to total inner purification. "You have to be very careful", he said. "You have to stand firm and face many difficulties, so that you can know true anicca (Pali word for impermanence) from your own experience".

The Buddha describes these difficulties in Padhana Sutta:

(See also: Ten Soldiers of Mara, Faith and Belief, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

The Avatar is the main (player) character in the Ultima series of games. He (or she) is not an embodiment of a god (as in the traditional meaning of the term "avatar"), but of a set of ethic guidelines called the Virtues. In the game, you must balance your actions and behave according to the Virtues, for it is all that will set you apart from your enemies. Avatar Ultima - History. The Avatar was first known as the Stranger (or, more fully, Stranger from another world) in Ultima, when he ...

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• Avatar Ultima - History
• Avatar Ultima - Dialogue
• Avatar Ultima - Appearance and customization
• Avatar Ultima - Companions of the Avatar
• Avatar Ultima - Original eight companions
• Avatar Ultima - Other companions
• Avatar Ultima - Cameos in other games

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Ten can refer to: 10, a number AD 10, a year 10 BC, a year 10, a 1979 motion picture. Ten, any one of a number of rock albums Network Ten, an Australian television network. Trans-European Networks (TEN). Total Entertainment Network, an early-1990s attempt at an online server browser for video games. Ten is an Italian comics character featured in the Nick Carter strip. Heaven, Japanese (天, pronounced "ten") and

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The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, is a list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Bible, was spoken by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and engraved on two stone tablets. They feature prominently in Judaism and Christianity. In Biblical Hebrew language they are termed עשרת הדברים (translit. Aseret ha-Dvarîm), and in Rabbinical Hebrew עשרת הדברות (translit. Aseret ha-Dibrot), both translatable as "the ten statements". The name decalogue is derived from the Greek name δέκα λόγοι or dekalogoi ("ten statements") found in the Septuag ...

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• Ten Commandments - Preparations
• Ten Commandments - God's name
• Ten Commandments - Exodus 20/Deuteronomy 5
• Ten Commandments - Written in stone
• Ten Commandments - Breaking the first tablets
• Ten Commandments - Second set
• Ten Commandments - 10 Commandments or more?
• Ten Commandments - Texts of the commandments
• Ten Commandments - Jewish understanding
• Ten Commandments - The ten statements
• Ten Commandments - Jewish interpretation
• Ten Commandments - Special status
• Ten Commandments - Samaritan understanding
• Ten Commandments - Christian understanding
• Ten Commandments - Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity
• Ten Commandments - Protestant Christianity
• Ten Commandments - Typical Protestant view
• Ten Commandments - Jehovah's Witnesses
• Ten Commandments - Muslim understanding
• Ten Commandments - Views of other faiths
• Ten Commandments - Controversies
• Ten Commandments - Sabbath day
• Ten Commandments - Idolatry
• Ten Commandments - Public monuments and controversy in the USA
• Ten Commandments - Origins

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Ten-sided dice are often used in role-playing games, such as Dungeons and Dragons, to get random decimal numbers, such as percentages. Each die is generally a decahedron called a pentagonal trapezohedron with 10 kite-shaped faces, to improve rolling the edges are rounded or sub-faces are introduced by truncation. The basic shape is two five-sided pyramids stuck together on their pentagonal face, one rotated by 36 degrees. Opposite sides on such a die total nine. Each face has two long sides and two short sides. The five odd-numbered faces meet at the common vertex of their long sides. The five even-numbered faces m ...

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The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its member institutions are located in the northern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east. The conference competes in the NCAA's Division I-A in football. Member schools of the Big Ten conference are also members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a leading educational consortium. Despite the conference's name, since 1990, there have been eleven schools in the Big Ten, as sig ...

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• Big Ten Conference - History
• Big Ten Conference - Commissioners
• Big Ten Conference - Rivalries
• Big Ten Conference - Big Ten Football
• Big Ten Conference - Big Ten Men's Basketball
• Big Ten Conference - Other Rivalries
• Big Ten Conference - Conference Stadia

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Wu 吳 (also refered to as Huainan 淮南) was one of the Ten Kingdoms in south-central China which was in existence between the years of 904 and 937. Its capital was Guangling 廣陵 or Jiangdu 江都 (modern Yangzhou 揚州 in Jiangsu Province). It was replaced by Nantang (Southern Tang) in 937. Wu Ten Kingdoms - Rulers. 904–905: Yáng Xíngmì 楊行密 (Tài Zǔ Xiàowǔ Huángdì 太祖孝武皇帝) 905–908: Yáng Wò 楊渥 (Liè Zōng Jǐng Huángdì 烈宗景皇帝) ...

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• Wu Ten Kingdoms - Rulers

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Chu (楚) was a kingdom in what-is-now China during the Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. It survived for less than half a century, specifically 907 until 951, and its capital was Tanzhou 潭州 (modern day Changsha 長沙). It was founded under Ma Yin (馬殷)in 907 he became the king of the new kingdom of Chu. Chu was peaceful and prosperous under his rule, exporting horses, silk and tea. Silk was often used as a currency, particularly with external communities which would not accept the coinage of the land. A ...

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Cornelia (Corrie) ten Boom (April 15, 1892 – April 15, 1983) was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the youngest of three sisters and one brother. Her father was a watchmaker and she was raised in the Dutch Reformed Church. She never married. Corrie ten Boom - Biography. In 1892 her family moved to Beje house in Haarlem, and in 1918 the family took in the first of many children. Corrie began training as a watchmaker in 1920 and in 1922 became the first female watchmaker licensed in the Netherlands. In 19 ...

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• Corrie ten Boom - Foonotes

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Avatar:

A sanskrit word meaning "descent". It is a coming down of the Divine to earth. An incarnation, or manifestation of God on earth, taking a form according to the age in which the incarnation occurs. Sathya Sai Baba is the World Avatar for Earth. There can be full and partial embodiments of God. A full avatar is also known as a poorna avatar.

(See also: Avatar, Body Mind and Soul)

It derives from the Sanskrit word Avatāra which means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into mortal realms for special purposes. The term is used primarily in Hinduism, for incarnations of Vishnu the Preserver, whom many Hindus worship as God. The Dasavatara are ten particular "great" incarnations of Vishnu. The 'Golden Avatar' popularly known as Gouranga is said to be the most recent descent. The term "Avatar" as used for a computer representation of a user dates at least as far back as 1985, when it was used as the ...

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Avatar virtual reality, Avatar virtual reality - Origin, Avatar virtual reality - Avatars on internet forums, Avatar virtual reality - Avatars in games, Avatar virtual reality - Avatars on instant messaging programs, Avatar virtual reality - Avatars in non-gaming universes, Avatar virtual reality - Virtual model

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Avatar - N

A person who "descends" into human form from above as a manifestation of divinity and who reveals divine truth to people. Such a one has supposedly progressed beyond the need to be reincarnated in another body (i.e., there is no further "bad karma" to work off).

(See also: Avatar, New Age, Body mind and Soul)

avatar:

literally 'descents', incarnation of god, usually the incarnations of visnu and his consort Laksmi

(See also: avatar, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Avatar: divine incarnation

(See also: Avatar, Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)