[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.189 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.189 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.189 - **Language:** English ### [c5.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.189) The first five incarnations are thus purely mythological; in the next three we have the heroic element, and in the ninth the religious. - [Previous: c5.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.188) - [Next: c5.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.190) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.189) · Pramāṇa