Ivory sculpture depicting the major avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu
The Dasavatara shrine is a miniature Hindu shrine displaying the ten incarnations of the Hindu deity Vishnu, carved in ivory and wood. The Dasavatara shrine was made in the late 18th century CE in South India. It is presently displayed in the National Museum, New Delhi.[1]
The term Dashavatara refers to the ten main incarnations of Vishnu, generally displayed together in panels and reliefs.[2]
^"National Museum, New Delhi". www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in. Decorative Collection. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
^Dalal, Roshen (18 April 2014). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin UK. p. 412. ISBN 978-81-8475-277-9.
The Dasavatarashrine is a miniature Hindu shrine displaying the ten incarnations of the Hindu deity Vishnu, carved in ivory and wood. The Dasavatara shrine...
The Dashavatara (Sanskrit: दशावतार, IAST: daśāvatāra) are the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, a principal Hindu god. Vishnu is said to descend in the form...
Temple and Jain Swami Vimalnath temple. There are temples (Brahma, Vishnu, Dasavatara) and mat on the banks of the Burai river. The biggest is Mahadeva temple...
Agastyamuni. The town derived its name on the name of Sage Agastya. The Dasavatara temple in Deogarh (Uttar Pradesh, near Madhya Pradesh border) features...
Bhumara which has a fine ekamukha (single faced) linga, a sixth century Dasavatara temple at Deogarh (...)". George Michell 1988, p. 39, 95. Bhumra (Bhumara)...
avatāra. These include: The Narasiṃha Mahā-Mantra Narasiṃha Praṇāma Prayer Daśāvatāra Stotra by Jayadeva Kāmaśikha Aṣṭakam by Vedānta Deśika Divya Prabandham...
outer parts of the vimana has various stucco images of Narasimha, sages, Dasavatara and other mythical stories. The Ashtanga Vimana is found in only three...
200 years) for art forms formerly known as kēḷike, āṭa, bayalāṭa, and daśāvatāra (Kannada: ದಶಾವತಾರ). From the Old Mysore region comes Somana Kunitha. Koothu...
562402; 78.789074 in the 12th century that is facing West. There are nice Dasavatara murals with the 9th avatar as Budha. This temple has a Temple tank having...
Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-14-306619-4. Rao, T.A. Gopinatha (1914). "Dasavataras of Vishnu: The Varahavatara". Elements of Hindu iconography. Vol. 1:...
first kuta, there are panels dedicated to Navagraha (nine planets) and Dasavatara, the ten incarnations of Vishnu which includes Balarama as an incarnation...
2018. Retrieved 22 February 2020. Vaswani, J. P. (22 December 2017). Dasavatara. Jaico Publishing House. pp. 12–14. ISBN 978-93-86867-18-6. Ph.D, James...
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