Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.490
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.490
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AMŚAVATĀRA. The incarnation of God on earth is called avatāra. When the incarnation is only partial, that is, when only some of the divine elements incarnate, it is called amśāvatāra (Amśa=part). Chapters 54 to 64 of Ādi Parva of the Mahābhārata give a list of the gods who have incarnated partially. The following list of devas and their amśāvatāras is based upon the account given in the fourth Skandha of Śrī Mahādevi Bhāgavat.
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- Devībhāgavatapurāṇa — Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit