ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Vishnu’s next avatar was a turtle, known as Kurma. In this incarnation, Vishnu helps the gods, who were cursed by a sage named Durvasa for exhibiting pride because of wealth, fight against the demons. According to Pattanaik, Vishnu took on the form of Kurma to teach the lesson that “Wealth eludes the insecure” (59).

Detailed explanation-2: -Parashurama, (Sanskrit: “Rama with the Ax”) one of the 10 avatars (incarnations) of the Hindu god Vishnu. The Mahabharata and the Puranas record that Parashurama was born to the Brahman sage Jamadagni and the princess Renuka, a member of the Kshatriya class.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahabharata – deals with the other reincarnation of Vishnu in the person of Krishna. It is the longest epic in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahabharata, (Sanskrit: “Great Epic of the Bharata Dynasty”) one of the two Sanskrit epic poems of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Dashavatara (Sanskrit: , daśāvatāra) are the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, a principal Hindu god. Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. The word Dashavatara derives from daśa, meaning “ten", and avatāra, roughly equivalent to “incarnation".