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Shri Narasimha Saraswati [3] (birth name - Shaligramadeva or Narhari) lived from 1378 to 1459 (Shaka 1300 to Shaka 1380). [4] Saraswati was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family in Karanjapura, modern-day Lad-Karanja (Karanja) in the Washim district, which is a part of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. [5]
Gurucharitra tradition: This tradition is named after the Marathi text Gurucharitra consisting of 51 chapters, containing the life stories of 14th-century Datta Avatar Sripada Srivallabha and 15th-century Datta Avatar Narasimha Saraswati. [76]
The Shri Guru Charitra is a book based on the life of Shri Nrusimha Saraswati (a.k.a Narasimha Saraswati), written by the 15th-16th century poet Shri Saraswati Gangadhar. The book is based on the life of Shri Narshimha Saraswati, his philosophy and related stories. The language used is the 14-15th century Marathi.
Narasimha Saraswati, [1] Manik Prabhu, [2] and Swami Samarth [3] [4] Sai Baba of Shirdi believed to be other incarnations of Dattatreya that followed Sripada Sri Vallabha. [5] [6] Sripada Sri Vallabha was born and lived in Pithapuram, formerly known as Pitikapuram, a town in present-day Andhra Pradesh in India. [7]
Saraswati (Sanskrit: ... Narasimha Saraswati; Nayanars; Nimbarkacharya; ... She is worshipped in parts of India as an incarnate or incarnation of Goddess Tara but ...
Saraswati Gangadhar (16th century) wrote Shri GuruCharitra, a book on the life of Narasimha Saraswati who is considered to be the second avatar of Dattatreya. Nothing much is known about Gangadhar's life other than through the Shri GuruCharitra. Guru-Charitra means "Guru's Life Story" or "Guru's Biography".
The avatar concept was further developed and refined in later Hindu texts. One approach was to identify full avatars and partial avatars. Krishna, Rama, and Narasimha were full avatars (purna avatars), while others were partial avatars (ansha avatars). [29] Some declared, states Noel Sheth, that every living creature is an avatar of Vishnu. [29]
Narasimha (Sanskrit: नरसिंह, lit. 'man-lion', IAST: Narasiṃha), is the fourth avatara of the Hindu god Vishnu in the Satya Yuga. [2] He incarnated as a part-lion, part-man and killed Hiranyakashipu, ended religious persecution and calamity on earth, and restored dharma.