[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.490 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c4.490](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.490) 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. - [Previous: c4.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.489) - [Next: c4.491](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.491) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (2) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.490](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.490) · Pramāṇa