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Incarnations of Vishnu
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Illustration of the first six incarnations of Vishnu from the book "History of Costumes of Peoples Throughout the Centuries" by Paolo Lorenzini, Nerbini Publishing House, Florence, 1934. The incarnations of Vishnu were 21: the first as a fish to save King Sattiaviraden and his wife from the flood, the second as a tortoise, the third as a boar to defeat the giant Ereniacsciasen, the fourth as half-man and half-lion to tear apart the giant Ereniano, the fifth as a dwarf Brahmin and then as a giant to humiliate the giant Bely.
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Illustration of the first six incarnations of Vishnu from the book "History of Costumes of Peoples Throughout the Centuries" by Paolo Lorenzini, Nerbini Publishing House, Florence, 1934.
The incarnations of Vishnu were 21: the first as a fish to save King Sattiaviraden and his wife from the flood, the second as a tortoise, the third as a boar to defeat the giant Ereniacsciasen, the fourth as half-man and half-lion to tear apart the giant Ereniano, the fifth as a dwarf Brahmin and then as a giant to humiliate the giant Bely.
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