Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c9.s3.50
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c9.s3.50
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¹ It should be noted that the Avatāras are not taken as ideals of perfection to which humanity moves in gradual evolution (cf. S. Radhakrishnan, *Indian Philosophy*, i, p. 545-46). On the contrary, the whole theory suggests implicit pessimism regarding the capacity of humanity by requiring the appearance of an Avatāra from time to time to rescue it!