Kurma ("Tortoise"

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• Kurma — Hdeity infobox| Caption = Incarnation of Vishnu as a Tortoise A carving of the Kurma avatar on a pillar at the Vittala Temple, Hampi, India Name = Kurma Devanagari = कुर्म Sanskrit Transliteration = Affiliation = Avatar of Vishnu God of = Abode …   Wikipedia

• Kūrma — ▪ Hindu mythology       (Sanskrit: “Tortoise”), second of the 10 avatars (incarnations) of the Hindu god Vishnu. In this incarnation Vishnu is associated with the myth of the churning of the cosmic ocean. The gods and the asuras cooperated in the …   Universalium

• Tortoise — Taxobox name = Tortoises image width = 250px image caption = A Galápagos Giant Tortoise regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Testudines subordo = Cryptodira superfamilia = Testudinoidea familia = Testudinidae subdivision… …   Wikipedia

• Kurma Avatar —    The Kurma Avatar or tortoise AVATA R (incarna tion) of VISHNU plays a small role in the myth of the churning of the MILK OCEAN, which is widely repeated in Sanskrit epics, the PURANAS, and story. There, the story goes that the fate of the gods …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

• Kurma —    In Vedic myth the second, or tortoise, avatar of Vishnu or Brahma. This constitutes the second episode of the Deluge story which began in Matsya. Here the god descended to the bottom of the ocean to recover the treasures of the Vedic tribes… …   Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

• Dashavatar (film) — Dashavatar Directed by Bhavik Thakore Produced by Vimal Shah Written …   Wikipedia

• Dashavatar — Infobox Film name = Dashavatar image size = caption = director = Bhavik Thakore producer = Vimal Shah writer = Hriday Lani narrator = Shatrughan Sinha starring = music = Anand Kurhekar cinematography = editing = distributor = released = runtime …   Wikipedia

• avatar — /av euh tahr , av euh tahr /, n. 1. Hindu Myth. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god. 2. an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life. 3.… …   Universalium

• Vishnu —    Vishnu in his various forms is one of the most worshipped gods in the Indian pantheon. His tradition, known as VAISHNAVISM, constitutes the second largest sect within Hinduism.    Vishnu first appears in the VEDAS as a rather insignificant… …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

• Ocean of milk — Kurma Avatar of Vishnu, below Mount Mandara, with Vasuki wrapped around it, during Samudra manthan, the churning of the ocean of milk. ca 1870 …   Wikipedia

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