What was the name of the fish form of incarnation of Vishnu?
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Matsya was the first avatar (or incarnation) of Vishnu. Matsya is the name of the incarnation Vishnu took as a fish.
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Manjusri.\n\nHe's the Bodhisattva with the sword.
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HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA the name of Hawaii's state fish
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The Greek word for fish is "ixthus" or "icthus." The Christian fish symbol that many Christians place on their car is known as the “ixthus.” Five Greek letters form the word “ixthus,” and those letters inside the fish form an acrostic which is a message that Christians clearly identified with. The first letter represented the word Jesus. The second letter represented the word Christ, the next two, God Son, and the final letter represented the word Savior. This adds up to “Jesus Christ is God’s Son, the Savior.” During early Christianity, Christians were often put to death for practicing their faith, so they worshiped in secret places. A fish painted on the outside door of a house let other Christians know that they would be safe and welcome inside. The Christian fish symbol is now often used to identify Christians and/or Christian businesses.
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krishna devaraya\n\nvenkatachalapathi\n\n\nramudu\n\nbeemudu
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KRISHNA: Said by the Vedas to be God, the Supreme Person, who is the origin of all other incarnations of the Godhead such as Vishnu and Nârâyana. The Bhagavata Purâna contains extensive descriptions of his qualities and activities. He spoke the Bhagavad Gîtâ to Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war.\n\n\nWe are all His children.
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Yes, very interesting. ALthough Krishna doesn't mean "annointed one" it means "dark skinned one" because according to the story Vishnu incarnated into both a light skinned one (Balrama) and a dark skinned one (Krishna) who were to kill two different demons. Krishna of course goes beyond the stories and is found in the Mahabharata and is the form of God that speaks in the Bhagavad Gita. \n\nBoth Christ is said to be an incarnation of God and so is Krishna. In India they usually refer to Jesus as Isa or Yeshu (Yeshu in most of the south and in Kashmir, and Isa in the north...primarily influenced by Muslims who also refer to Jesus as Isa, but probably was called Yeshu before that). There are some sects and denominations that have Yeshu as being an incarnation of Vishnu, too (like Krishna, Rama, and the Buddha). Other Hindus see Yeshu as a great guru. In Kashmir, where one of the first Christian churches outside of Judea was founded (an undisputed fact in Christian history), there are some Buddhist and Hindu groups that claim that Yeshu survived the cross (somehow) and that he came back to live out his life and study with Hindu or Buddhist monks and teachers and died in Kashmir (there is even a tomb there). So I guess that's my interesting story to share with you as a way of saying thanks for sharing the interesting information about Christos, Kristo, Cristo word similarities. Not sure if there is a direct connection, but it is interesting.\n\nThanks again for sharing.\n\nPeace.
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Ravanan or Ravan or Ravana\nA guy with 10 heads
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No it is not a fish because fish are vertebrates and jelly fish are invertebrates.
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Could be.  I find Hanuman to be one of the most fascinating characters in Hindu mythology.  The vanara are described as furry humans with tails like those of monkeys, which pretty well fits the simian characters from at least the original "Apes" series of films.
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Lakshmee, Parvati, name of a river in south India..etc.\n\nPossibly "Daughter of Rishi Bhrigu". or from his family line.
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It is called Panderichthys.\n\nPanderichthys is a 90–130 cm long fish from the Late Devonian period . It has a large tetrapod-like head. Panderichthys exhibits transitional features between lobe-finned fishes and early tetrapods such as Acanthostega. The evolution from fish to land dwelling tetrapods required many changes in physiology, most importantly the legs and their supporting structure, the girdles.
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The popular belief is, Balarama is NOT an incarnation of Vishnu. But some Vaishnavites believe him as one of the incarnations of Vishnu.\n\nhttp://www.hindunet.org/avatars/
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Matsya, the fish, appeared in the Satya Yuga. \nKurma, the tortoise, appeared in the Satya Yuga. \nVaraha, the boar, appeared in the Satya Yuga. \nNarasimha, the Man-Lion (Nara = man, simha = lion), appeared in the Satya Yuga. \nVamana, the Dwarf, appeared in the Treta Yuga. \nParashurama, Rama with the axe, appeared in the Treta Yuga. \nRama, Sri Ramachandra, the prince and king of Ayodhya, appeared in the Treta Yuga. \nKrishna (meaning dark or black; see also other meanings in the article about him.), appeared in the Dwapar Yuga. \nBalarama (meaning one who holds a plough). Balarama is said to have appeared in the Dwapar Yuga (along with Krishna). or Buddha. \nKalki ("Eternity", or "time", or "The Destroyer of foulness"), who is expected to appear at the end of Kali Yuga, the time period in which we currently exist, which will end in the year 428899 CE.
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The fish symbol was a secret code of the early Christians. The ichthys also may be an acronym of the Greek letters ΙΧΘΥΣ (Iota Chi Theta Upsilon Sigma) to the statement of Christian faith "᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστὸς Θεοῦ Υἱὸς Σωτήρ" (Iēsous Christos Theou Huios Sōtēr: "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior").
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In Hinduism, an avatar or avatara (Sanskrit अवतार), is the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of an Immortal Being, or of the Ultimate Supreme Being. It derives from the Sanskrit word avatāra which means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into mortal realms for special purposes.
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though they apprentlly worship many gods, even the uneducated devout hindu agrees that all of them are just different facets of one divine gem. Krishna , Rama all of them are called Avatars of god.\n\nThe Upnishads contain deep philosophical theories and maintain that there is only one abstract god. he is called ajanma(unborn) adi(first) arup(having no form). we look upon icons as one of the many forms of god. a form which depicts the qualities for which we rever Him. \n\nThe first fundamental principle of Hindu Dharma is that "the Reality is one without a second." This reality is beyond description by human mind. Hence it is indicated by a single world, "Brahman". "Infinite, eternal, changeless existence is the All; from that All, All comes forth; to that All, all returns," that is what the Chandogya Upanishad (vi.2.1) tells us. \n\nIdol Worship (Symbolism) \nIdol or image is a kind of yantra or a device for harnessing the eye and mind on God. As the Vishnu Samhita puts it:\n\n"Without a form how can God be mediated upon? If (He is) without any form, where will the mind fix itself? When there is nothing for the mind to attach itself to, it will slip away from meditation or will glide into a state of slumber. Therefore the wise will meditate on some form, remembering, however, that the form is a superimposition and not a reality." \n\nSymbolism in Hinduism is sublime and profound. Each act of Hindu worship reflects some deep spiritual significance. \n\nYes, said he, but just how many gods are there Yajnavalkya?" "Thirty three". "yes," said he, but just how many gods are there, Yajnavalkya?" "One." \n- Brhadaranyaka Upanishad III, IX,\n\n\nHinduism boldly and confidently proclaims that "Truth is one, the wise call it by various names." (Rig Veda).\n\n\nin hinduism it is just accepted that worshipping something you can feel but not see is not possible for everyone. and most of the people need a symbol/icon. so hinduism allows you to worship and pray to god in whatever form you like .\n\nKrishna says :\nif any worshiper do reverence with faith to any god whatever,\ni make his faith firm and in that faith he reverences his god and gains his desires for it is i who bestow them.\n\naccept it or not, while people may not be worshiping actual icons every faith has something as a symbol of god. Be it a book or be it a cross or a place or a structure. many christians even promoted jesus to status of God himself instead of just His son.\n\n  so when they talk about god they are talking about God/Allah/Bhagwan/ishwar. they are synonyms just different languages.\n\nas for rhanjo' s post:\n\n it will be  gullible to think story of adam is really true and that everybody else on this earth think so. Patel surname is used mostly by gujarat people. you will get some muslims too who used this surname.