![]() ![]() He is depicted as a sage with an axe in his hand. Parshurama is a Brahmin Kshatriya avatar of Lord Vishnu. This avatar of Lord Vishnu comes to check the growing power of the demonic king Mahabali, which he does by tricking him during a sacrificing ceremony and sending him to the underworld. The 5th avatar of Vishnu, Vamana was a dwarf Brahmin. He was born to end the reign of the demonic king Hiranya Kashyap and establish peace, order, righteousness, and other elements of dharma on earth. Narsimha is the half lion and a half-human avatar of Vishnu. ![]() In Hindu dharma, he slays the demon Hiranyaksha to save Bhudevi, the personification of the earth, and restores her back to the surface from a sinking state using his tusks. Varaha is the half man and half boar avatar of Vishnu. He is also believed to have supported the weight of the cosmos on his back. During the churning of the ocean (Samudra Manthan), he balances Mount Mandara on his shell to assist the gods and the demons in the churning process. Kurma is the half tortoise half-man form of Vishnu. According to Matsya Puran, Matsya informs Manu, the leader of the humans, of the great flood, and helps him save all the motile living beings, the Vedas, and the seeds of all plants. Matsya is the half fish, a half-human form of Vishnu. The most popular ten avatars based on many puranas are Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki. ![]()
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