When the devas and asuras were churning the Ocean of milk in order to get Amrita, the nectar of immortality, the mount Mandara they were using as the churning staff started to sink and Vishnu took the form of a tortoise to bear the weight of the mountain. When the deluge (Pralaya) comes, Vishnu appears as a great fish with a horn, to which Manu ties the boat, which leads them into safety Vishnu informs Manu of the coming destruction of the world, by means of fires and floods, and directs Manu to collect "all creatures of the world", Seven Sages (SaptRishis), seeds of all plants, one animal type of each species etc and keep them safe on a boat built by the gods. Manu keeps the fish, which keeps growing, eventually releasing it into the ocean, realizing it is Vishnu. King Vaivasvata Manu finds a little fish in the palm of his hands when performing the tarpana (water-offering). Subrahmanyam), Chapter VIII, Verses 10-11 Description of the Avatars Garuda Purana Saroddhara by Navanidhirama (translated by E. Those who recite them near the diseased are called relatives. The Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, the Man-Lion, the Dwarf, Parasurama, Rama, Krisna, Buddha, and also Kalki: These ten names should always be meditated upon by the wise. not the Purana itself, with which it seems to be confused):
The list with Krishna and Buddha is also found in the Garuda Purana Saroddhara, a commentary or ‘extracted essence’ of the Garuda Purana (i.e. The Shiva Purana has Balarama and Krishna. The Agni Purana, Padma Purana, Garuda Purana, Linga Purana, Narada Purana, Skanda Purana and Varaha Purana mention the common (Krishna, Buddha) Dashavatara list.The Garuda Purana has two lists, one longer list with Krishna and Buddha, and a list with Balarama and Buddha, which substitutes Vamana for Rama. The following table summarises the position of avatars within the Dashavatara Position Though no list can be uncontroversially presented as standard, the "most accepted list found in Puranas and other texts is Krishna, Buddha." The latter version is followed by some Vaishnavas who don't accept the Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu. Some lists mention Krishna as the eighth avatar and the Buddha as the ninth avatar, while others – such as the Yatindramatadipika, a 17th-century summary of Srivaisnava doctrine – give Balarama as the eighth avatar and Krishna as the ninth. Various versions of the list of Vishnu's avatars exist, varying per region and tradition. (Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verses 7~8) List of avatars To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion - at that time I descend Myself. The Bhagavad Gita discusses the subject matter associated with Avatar in textual format in Chapter 4 Slokas 5~9, where Lord Shri Krishna Himself declared the role of taking Avatar. There is no reference of Avatar exists in Vedas. In Sanatana Dharma it means the Descent/Incarnation/Manifest/Appearance of Lord/Supreme Being/Deity in an earthly embodiment. The word “ Avatar”, a Sanskrit word means “ descent”. The Word Dashavatar means Ten Incarnations or Ten Avatars This is thus also a description of the evolution of consciousness It describes the cycle of human evolution beginning in water as Matsya the fish, on to the amphibious phase (half land and water) as Koorma, the tortoise, on to begin firmly established on land as the wild boar Varaha, then Narsimha- half man- half animal, followed by Vamana, the Dwarf man, on to Parashurama, the emotionally volatile man, on to Rama, the peaceful man, then Krishna, a loving man followed by Buddha, the meditative man, who is said to be succeeded by the final incarnation of Vishnu, or the last stage of evolution as Kalki, the mystical man. The order of the ancient concept of Dashavataras has been interpreted to be reflective of modern Darwinian evolution- it is the theory of evolution told as a story, written between 12-14,000 years ago. All avatars have appeared except Kalki, who will appear at the end of the Kali Yuga. The list of included avatars varies across sects and regions. Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore balance in the world. The Dashavatara refers to the ten Primary incarnations of Lord Vishnu, the god of preservation.
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