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The Avatars of Lord Vishnu

Name the forms taken by the god Vishnu as per Hindu cosmology, given a title for the avatar.
Before there are comments about the inclusion of Gautama Buddha, this goes by the most orthodox form of Hinduism.
All disputes will be settled with the acceptance of only avatars mentioned in the Vedas.
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Last updated: February 6, 2019
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Number
Purpose
Avatar
1
Rescue the first human from a great deluge
Matsya
2
Help churn the ocean during the war between the Gods and demons
Kurma
3
Retrieve the Earth from the primordial waters and slay the demon Hiranyaksha
Varaha
4
Defend his greatest devotee from his demonic tyrant father
Narasimha
5
Send a demon king with disproportionate powers to the netherworld
Vamana
6
Roam the Earth 21 times to destroy the warrior class
Parashurama
7
Destroy a ten-headed demon king who has defeated the king of the Gods
Rama
8
God of Agriculture, teaches demigod Bheema to wield the mace
Balarama
9
Slayer of evil and charioteer of demigod Arjuna in the great Mahabharata war
Krishna
10
Destroyer of Filth and the impending avatar that will appear at the end of Kaliyug
Kalki
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Level 32
Feb 6, 2019
really nice quiz but wait btw is Balarama ithe 8th avatar???

i thought it was buddha

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Level 32
Feb 6, 2019
dude i checked balarama is not the 8th avatar it is buddha and balarama or krishna is the 9th avatar
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Level 65
Mar 8, 2023
Great quiz! You are Telugu, right? We have a community of a few Telugu users in a JetPunk group and also Discord. Let me know if you'd like to join,
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Level 40
Apr 10, 2023
Hey, I am in fact Telugu! I'm not on Discord but I'd love to reach out to other Telugu users on here.
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Level 65
Apr 11, 2023
That's great! I'll invite you to our Telugu JetPunkers group, but our conversations are more on the Discord. I'll send some info about the current Telugu community on the group.
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Level 40
May 30, 2023
Hey, I'm now on Discord. Could you send me an invite?
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Level 65
Jun 4, 2023
Hi! Sorry for the late reply, but very nice that you're on Discord now. We have a permanent link in the JetPunk group which I sent you an invite to. I’ll put another link here as well.
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Level 65
Jul 20, 2023
https://discord.gg/KkBzE9Jh
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Level 65
Apr 11, 2023
A great start could be to translate this quiz into Telugu, as only three of us have made Telugu quizzes so far.
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Level 59
Feb 25, 2024
R u gonna translate this quiz?
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Level 40
Mar 14, 2024
Don't think so, no