Incarnation, which literally means enfleshment, refers to the conception, and live birth of a sentient creature (generally human) who is the material manifestation of an entity or force whose original nature is immaterial. Incarnation should be carefully distinguished from the phenomenon of apotheosis, which is the temporary manifestation of a divine or archetypal force, entity or energy within and through a human being during the course of ritual, religious ex ...

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incarnation: From incarnate, "to be made flesh." The soul's taking on a human body.

• divine incarnation: The concept of avatara. The Supreme Being's (or other Mahadeva's) taking of human birth, generally to reestablish dharma. This doctrine is important to several Hindu sects, notably Vaishnavism, but not held by most Saivites.

See: avatara, avatar, Vaishnavism.

(See also: Incarnation, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

divine incarnation: The concept of avatara. The Supreme Being's (or other Mahadeva's) taking of human birth, generally to reestablish dharma. This doctrine is important to several Hindu sects, notably Vaishnavism, but not held by most Saivites.

See: avatara, avatar, Vaishnavism.

(See also: Divine incarnation, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Gorakhnath Panthis: Gorakhnath was a contemporary of Kabir. He is regarded as the incarnation of Lord Siva. He calls himself as the son of Matsyendranath and grandson of Adinath. There is a temple of Gorakhnath at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Bhartrihari was a disciple of Gorakhnath.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Gode-man may refer to: The religious belief of incarnation in Christianity and other faith groups. The religious belief in avatars in Hinduism. A proto-anthropological category of myth discussed in The Golden Bough. A recurring cartoon character in Tom the Dancing Bug. Other related archivesChristianity, Hinduism, The Golden Bough, Tom the Dancing Bug, anthropological, avatars, incarnation, myth

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Virashaivism is a religious movement of Hinduism in India. The adherents are known as Veerashaivas, or more commonly Lingayats. This important sect of Hinduism represents a reform movement attributed to Basavanna in the 12th century. Basavanna lived and taught in what is now Karnataka State. Some believers believe that Basavanna is an incarnation of Nandi, Shiva's greatest devotee. Nandi serv ...

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Ayyavazhi mythology is the mythology of the growing South Indian religious faith and officially an offshoot of Hinduism known as Ayyavazhi. The main source of Ayyavazhi mythology is the Ayyavazhi scripture, Akilattirattu Ammanai, and its supplement, Arul Nool. The Akilattirattu Ammanai is a recitation by Mayon (the Tamil name for Vishnu, or Lord Narayana) to his consort Lakshmi. It is divided into three sections: pre-incarnational e ...

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Ayyavazhi mythology - Preparing for incarnation Ayyavazhi mythology - Mayon — on the identity of his people Ayyavazhi mythology - Final admonition through Thiruvasakam Ayyavazhi mythology - Deciding to incarnate as Vaikundar Ayyavazhi mythology - The incarnation
Ayyavazhi mythology - Post-incarnational events
Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's emergence out of the sea Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's journey to Detchanam Ayyavazhi mythology - Tavam Ayyavazhi mythology - Burning of the demons Ayyavazhi mythology - Seizing the power of magic witchcraft sorcery trickery etc. Ayyavazhi mythology - Exhortations Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's trial Ayyavazhi mythology - Thuvayal Thavasu Ayyavazhi mythology - Marriage with the Seven Virgins Ayyavazhi mythology - Festivals and celebrations Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar as the Reigning King Ayyavazhi mythology - Marriage with the Deities Ayyavazhi mythology - Ascending to Vaikundam the abode of Thirumal Ayyavazhi mythology - Dharma Yukam [The final victory]

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The Avesha Avatara is a secondary form of an incarnation of God Vishnu in Hinduism. Unlike incarnations of God's personal form, like Rama and Krishna, Avesha, as the word means in Sanskrit, is A-Vesha, or Without Form. Only the spirit of the Lord enters the spirit of the human being to accomplish a religious mission, and leaves after its achievement. The human being becomes a normal being again. Parashurama, the Sixth Avatara was an Avesha. Most Hindus choose not to worship the Avesha Avataras, as the Lord leaves the per ...

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Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Treta Yuga is the second out of four yugas, or epochs, in the religion of Hinduism, following Satya Yuga and preceding Dwapar Yuga. The most famous event in this yuga was Vishnu's sixth incarnation of Rama. Shruti (primary scriptures): Vedas | Upanishads | Bhagavad Gita | Itihasa (Ramayana & Mahabha

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Hinduism - Origins of Hinduism. Main article: History of Hinduism Hinduism is the world's oldest major religion in existence. From a Hindu perspective, the Sanatana Dharma propounds eternal and universal principles with no beginning or end. Hindu puranas and astronomical evidence within place Lord Krishna's birth at a date of 3100 BCE Krishna's incarnation was preceded by Lord Rama's, sometimes dated at over 5,000 BCE, or even millions of years ago according to the Ramayana. It is belie ...

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Kurma, Lord – Krishna’s tortoise incarnation.:

Kurma, Lord – Krishna’s tortoise incarnation.

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A Christian theological definition of Incarnation according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:

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Incarnation

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Incarnations (Divine) or Avatars. The Immaculate Conception is as pre-eminently Egyptian as it is Indian. As the author of Egyptian Belief has it: "It is not the vulgar, coarse and sensual story as in Greek mythology, but refined, moral and spiritual "; and again the incarnation idea was found revealed on the wall of a Theban temple by Samuel Sharpe, who thus analyzes it: "First the god Thoth . . . as the messenger of the gods, like the Mercury of the Greeks (or the Gabriel of the first Gospel), tells the maiden queen Mautmes, that she is to give birth to a son, who is to be king Amunotaph III. Secondly, the god Kneph, the Spirit . . . . and the goddess Hathor (Nature) both take hold of the queen by the hands and put into her mouth the character for life, a cross, which is to be the life of the coming child", etc., etc. Truly divine incarnation, or the avatar doctrine, constituted the grandest mystery of every old religious system!

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Incarnation Imbodiments of an entity or monad in a body of flesh, usually human. It is also used of avataras, buddhas, etc., in treating of the manifold mystery of the union of godhood and humanhood. This mystery, both among Hindus and Christians, is a distorted and anthropomorphic understanding of the teaching as to the presence of the unseen cosmic principles throughout all nature and man, as symbolized by the circle and cross.

Divine incarnations do not mean that a divine being seizes upon and occupies the body of human being as by a kind of obsession; but that every person has within him the powers by which he can manifest his own innate divinity, and that a few people have these powers developed in a special degree. When properly understood, a truly divine incarnation, as in avataras, was one of the greatest of the mysteries of every archaic religious system.

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Varaha:

Varaha: The Boar-incarnation of Vishnu. Varaha: the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a boar.

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avatar:

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

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Avatar: A Divine Incarnation.

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Avatar: incarnation of God

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Parashurama:

Parashurama - sixth incarnation of Vishnu

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Rama:

Rama - the seventh incarnation of Vishnu

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