HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Kurma
|
|
|
Matsya
|
|
|
Nrisingha
|
|
|
Varaha
|
Detailed explanation-1: -"Varaha, the Boar Incarnation of Vishnu, Saves the Earth, ‘’ Illustrated folio from a dispersed Vishnu Avatara (The Incarnations of Vishnu)
Detailed explanation-2: -Varaha is generally listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avatars of Vishnu. Varaha is most commonly associated with the legend of lifting the Earth (personified as the goddess Bhudevi) out of the cosmic ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -Krishna, Buddha.” Most draw from the following set of figures, in this order: Matsya; Kurma; Varaha; Narasimha; Vamana; Parashurama; Rama; Krishna or Balarama; Buddha or Krishna; and Kalki. In traditions that omit Krishna, he often replaces Vishnu as the source of all avatars.
Detailed explanation-4: -Item: Narasimha, the fourth incarnation of Vishnu circa 1790. Narasimha, the half-man half-lion fourth avatar of Vishnu, is here depicted instead with a tiger’s head. Having burst from a marble pillar, Narasimha sits in a courtyard of Hiranyakashipu’s palace and disembowels the king with his claws.