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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 51 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AVATAR , a See also:

Sanskrit word meaning " descent," specially used in See also:Hindu See also:mythology (and so in See also:English) to See also:express the incarnation of a deity visiting the See also:earth for any purpose. The ten Avatars of See also:Vishnu are the most famous. The See also:Hindus believe he has appeared (I) as a See also:fish, (2) as a See also:tortoise, (3) as a hog, (4) as a See also:monster, See also:half See also:man half See also:lion, to destroy the See also:giant Iranian, (5) as a See also:dwarf, (6) as Rama, (7) again as Rama for the purpose of killing the thousand-armed giant Cartasuciriargunan, (8) as See also:Krishna, (9) as See also:Buddha. They allege that the tenth Avatar has yet to occur and will be in the See also:form of a See also:white-winged See also:horse (Kalki) who will destroy the earth.

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