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The fifth canto of the Bhagavata Purana is significant for its inclusion of legends about the first Tirthankara of Jainism, Rishabha, as an avatar of Vishnu. [126] Further, his father Nabhi is mentioned as one of the Manus and his mother Marudevi also finds a mention.
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu.She is portrayed as a femme fatale, an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them to their doom.
The Bhagavata Purana describes Vishnu's avatars as innumerable, though ten of his incarnations, the Dashavatara, are celebrated therein as his major appearances. [10] [26] The ten major Vishnu avatars are mentioned in the Agni Purana, the Garuda Purana and the Bhagavata Purana. [33] [34]
In Hinduism, Rishabha is one of the twenty-four avatars of Vishnu in the Bhagavata Purana. [1] [2] [3] Some scholars identify this avatar to be the same as the first tirthankara of Jainism, Rishabhanatha. [3] [4] Shaiva texts like the Linga Purana regard Rishabha to be among the 28 avatars of Shiva. [5]
Krishna is usually depicted with a flute in his hand. Krishna is also a central character in Mahabharata, Bhagavata Purana, and the Bhagavad Gita. Balarama, the elder brother of Krishna, is regarded generally as an avatar of Shesha an extension of Ananta, a form of Vishnu.
Gurus of the Gaudiya Vaishnava theology argue that in Bhagavata Purana (1.3.24), "son of Ajana," [40] [41] refers to the Vishnu avatar born to Ajana (c. 1800 BCE, according to Stephen Knapp [42]) while Gautama was born to Maya and Śuddodhana.
The Bhagavata Purana narrates the visit of the four Kumaras to the court of King Prithu, the first sovereign in Hindu mythology and an avatar of Vishnu. The king worships the sages and asked them about the way of emancipation ( moksha ) that can be followed by all people who are caught in the web of worldly things.
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