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The Srimad Bhagavata Purana is a chronicle of the various Avataras of Lord Vishnu. There are ten Avataras of Vishnu. The aim of every Avatara is to save the world from some great danger, to destroy the wicked and protect the virtuous. The ten Avataras are:

The Srimad Bhagavata Purana is a chronicle of the various Avataras of Lord Vishnu. There are ten Avataras of Vishnu. The aim of every Avatara is to save the world from some great danger, to destroy the wicked and protect the virtuous. The ten Avataras are:

Matsya (The Fish), Kurma (The Tortoise), Varaha (The Boar), Narasimha (The

 

Man-Lion), Vamana (The Dwarf), Parasurama (Rama with the axe, the destroyer of

the Kshatriya race), Ramachandra (The hero of Ramayana—the son of Dasaratha),

* [[Matsya (The Fish)]]

who destroyed Ravana, Sri Krishna, The teacher of the Gita, Buddha (The

* [[Kurma (The Tortoise)]]

prince-ascetic, founder of Buddhism) and Kalki (The hero riding on a white

* [[Varaha (The Boar)]]

horse, who is to come at the end of the Kali-Yuga). The object of the Matsya

* [[Narasimha (The Man-Lion) ]]

* [[Vamana (The Dwarf)]]

* [[Parasurama (The destroyer of the Kshatriya race) ]]

* [[ Ramachandra (The hero of Ramayana—the son of Dasaratha)]]

* [[Sri Krishna, Yogiraj, The Teacher of the Gita]]

* [[Buddha (The prince-ascetic, founder of Buddhism)]]

* [[Kalki (The hero riding on a white horse, who is to come at the end of the Kali-Yuga)]]

 

 

 

. The object of the Matsya

Avatara was to save Vaivasvata Manu from destruction by a deluge. The object of

Avatara was to save Vaivasvata Manu from destruction by a deluge. The object of

Kurma Avatara was to enable the world to recover some precious things which

Kurma Avatara was to enable the world to recover some precious things which