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Avatar is a Sanskrit word.

According to Hinduism Avatar means the different forms of a God or Goddess in different incarnations.

The god Vishnu, the preserver of the universe has ten avatars.

The ten avatars of Vishnu are Matsya or the Fish incarnation, Kurma or the Turtle incarnation, Varaha or the Boar incarnation of Vishnu, Narasingha or the Lion incarnation, Vamana or the Dwarf incarnation, Parasurama, Ram, Krishna, Buddha, Kalki.
 
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