Explore: Incarnation In Literature

originated in Central Asia in the 10th-century, and Tibetan literature picked up a version of it in India around 1027 CE. The Kalki incarnation appears in the

that in Sanskrit literally means 'descent'. It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, or spirit on Earth, including in human

In Christian theology, the incarnation is the belief that the pre-existent divine person of Jesus Christ, God the Son, the second person of the Trinity

and political issues. This style of experimental literature emerged strongly in the United States in the 1960s through the writings of authors such as

derives from daśa, meaning "ten", and avatāra, roughly equivalent to "incarnation". The list of included avatars varies across sects and regions, particularly

(leaving some lineages). He is married to Dharani, an incarnation of Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu. In the epic Ramayana, he arrives after Sita Swayamvara

religious positions in relation to the classical literature, marking them out as "Christian humanists", in contrast from others in the movement "who just

Book of Elchasai written in the early second century, where all prophets are incarnations of the same pre-existent Christ in different bodies, all bearing

ten principal incarnations of Vishnu. The Sanskrit word 'Kurma' (Devanagari: कूर्म) means 'Tortoise' and 'Turtle'. The tortoise incarnation of Vishnu is

in Hindu mythology. She is considered to be the personification of the divine ocean called the Kshira Sagara. Nagalakshmi's legend is mainly found in