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The word Dashavatara derives from daśa, meaning "ten", and avatāra, roughly equivalent to "incarnation". The list of included avatars varies across sects and regions, particularly with respect to the inclusion of Balarama (brother of Krishna) or Gautama Buddha. In traditions that omit Krishna, he often replaces Vishnu as the source of all ...
Dashavatar or Dashavtar generally refers to Dashavatara, the ten incarnations of the god Vishnu in Hindu mythology. Dashavatar may also refer to: Dasavathaaram , released in Hindi as Dashavtar , a 2008 Indian Tamil film starring Kamal Hassan
Though its Hindi version was an average success, the film was a massive success at the box-office, grossing US$ 46 million worldwide against a budget of US$ 14 million, becoming the highest grossing movie in Tamil cinema at the time, also known as the Industry Hit. Dasavathaaram is the first Tamil movie to surpass ₹ 200 crore worldwide box ...
Following 19th Century Western interest in Indian culture and Hinduism, the word "Avatar" was taken as loanword into English and other Western languages, where it is used in various contexts and meanings, often considerably different from its original meaning in Hinduism - see Avatar (disambiguation).
Jayadeva was an 11th-century Sanskrit poet and lyricist from present-day India. The works of Jayadeva have had a profound influence on Indian culture. They form the basis of the east Indian classical dance form, Odissi as well as traditional classical music of the state, Odissi music and have strongly influenced the Bharatanatyam classical dance as well as Carnatic music.
The Dasavatara shrine is a miniature Hindu shrine displaying the ten incarnations of the Hindu deity Vishnu, carved in ivory and wood.The Dasavatara shrine was made in the late 18th century CE in South India.
Dashavatar is a 2008 animated film based on the ten incarnations (Dashavatara) of Vishnu. [2] [3] The film is produced by Vimal Shah under the banner of Phoebus Media. It is directed by Bhavik Thakore. Music is by Anand Kurhekar with lyrics by Sandeep Khare. The movie centers on the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu as seen by two children.
Dashavatar cards feature ten suits and twelve ranks, with one of the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu on each suit. Similar to most other Ganjifa cards, the twelve ranks are made up of ten pip cards and two court cards, the King (called Raja) and Vizier (called Pradhan). Both court cards depict the same avatar for its suit, but one is differentiated ...