Sri Varahavataram || dasavatharam telugu\r
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The list of Dashavatara varies across sects and regions. The standard list is as follows: Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Balarama, Krishna, and Kalki. Sometimes, Krishna replaces Vishnu as the source of all avatars and Balarama takes Krishnas place in the list. In other versions, Krishna may be dropped from the list and substituted by regional deities like Vithoba, Jagannath or Balarama.\r
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Matsya - fish, the first class of vertebrates; evolved in water(Indicates origin of Fishes in Silurian Period.\r
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Kurma - amphibious (living in both water and land; but not to confuse with the vertebrate class amphibians)(Indicates origin of Amphibians in Devonian Period.\r
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Varaha - mammals, wild land animals (Indicates Mammals origin in Triassic Period.\r
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Narasimha - beings that are half-animal and half-human (indicative of emergence of human thoughts and intelligence in powerful wild nature).\r
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Vamana - short, premature human beings.\r
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Parasurama - early humans living in forests and using weapons.\r
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Rama - humans living in community, beginning of civil society.\r
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Krishna - humans pricing animal husbandry, politically advanced societies.\r
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Buddha - humans finding enlightenment.\r
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Kalki - advanced humans with great powers of destruction.\r
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