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[[Fasciculus:Avatars.jpg|thumb|250px|Decem [[Visnu]]s avatarae ("clockwise,"[[motus horologii|modo horologico]] aba laeva superiore): [[Matsya]], [[Kurma]], [[Varaha]], [[Vamana]], [[Krishna]], [[Kalki]], [[Gautama Buddha in Hinduismo|Buddha]], [[Parshurama]], [[Rama]], et [[Narasimha]]; media parte, Krishna iterum.]]

'''Avatara''' (-ae, ''f'') (scripto [[Devanagari]] अवतार ''avatāra'' 'descensus') in [[Hinduismus|Hinduismo]] putatur [[deitas|deitatis]] descensus ex [[caelum|caelo]] (superioribus regionibus [[spiritualitas|spiritualibus]]) in [[tellus|terram]] (inferiores existentiae regiones) esse, vel descensus [[Ens Supremum|Entis Supremi]]<!--Supreme Being--> (h.e., [[Visnu]] pro [[Vaishnavites]]), qui in aliis [[lingua|linguis]] saepissime '[[incarnatio]]nem', vel fortasse accuratius 'speciem' vel 'demonstrationem', significare habetur.<ref name="Matchett">{{cite book|last=Matchett|first=Freda|title=Krishna, Lord or Avatara?: the relationship between Krishna and Vishnu|publisher=9780700712816|year=2001|page=4|url=http://books.google.com/?id=1oqTYiPeAxMC&pg=PA4 | isbn=9780700712816}}.</ref><ref>Introduction to World Religions, by [[Christopher Hugh Partridge]], pg. 148, at [http://books.google.com/books?id=7lEFyGiP5r8C&pg=PA148&dq=avatar+supreme+Being+Vaishnavism&hl=en&ei=sE2ATPPYCMGBlAfE0oWUDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=avatar%20supreme%20Being%20Vaishnavism&f=false Books.Google.com].</ref>

Hoc nomen saepissime cum [[Visnu]] coniungitur, sed cum aliis deitatibus quoque aliquando coniungitur.<ref name="Gale's">{{cite book|last=Kinsley|first=David|title=Gale's Encyclopedia of Religion|editor=Lindsay Jones|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2005|edition=Second|volume=2|pages=707–708|isbn=0-02-865735-7}}.</ref> Varii avatararum Visnus indices in [[scriptura|scripturis]] Hinduicis adsunt, inter quos [[decem]] [[Dasavatara]]e ''[[Garuda Purana|Garudae Puranae]]'' et viginti-duae avatarae in ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'', quamquam hic [[liber (litterae)|liber]] adfirmat incarnationes Visnus esse innumerabiles.<ref name="Bryant">{{cite book| last=Bryant| first=Edwin Francis|title=Krishna: A Sourcebook| publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] US| year=2007| page=18 | isbn=9780195148916| url=http://books.google.com/?id=0z02cZe8PU8C&pg=PT32}}.</ref> Avatarae Visnus sunt prima [[Vaisnavisms|Vaisnavismi]] pars. Antiqua rei avatarae commemoratio, cum dogmate avatararum, in ''[[Bhagavadgita]]'' fit.<ref name="Sheth">{{cite journal|doi=10.1353/pew.2002.0005|last=Sheth|first=Noel|date=Jan. 2002|title=Hindu Avatāra and Christian Incarnation: A Comparison|journal=Philosophy East and West|publisher=[[University of Hawai'i Press]]|volume=52|issue=1 (Jan. 2002)|pages=98–125|jstor=1400135}}.</ref>