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AnshAvtaar Anshavatar and PurnaAvtaarPurnavatar - are there different types of avatars?

Are there different kindtypes of avatars like anshavtar and Purnaavtaar: anshavatar (partial incarnation), purnavatar (complete incarnation) etc.?

oneOne of friendmy friends told me sage bharadwajaBharadwaja and parshuramaParashurama were anshavataranshavatars of Vishnu but Krishna,Rama and Rama are purna avatarpurnavatars.

Hanuman is known as an ansh of shiva (doesShiva, does that mean he is anshavtaran anshavatar?)

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  1. Purna Avtar :Complete Incarnation 2) Ansh Avtar :Partial Incarnation 3) Naimittik Avtar :Casual Incarnation 4) Nittya Avtar :Mundane ...*
  1. Purna Avatar: Complete incarnation
  2. Anshavatar: Partial incarnation
  3. Naimittik Avtar: Casual incarnation
  4. Nittya Avatar: Mundane incarnation

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isAnother search result says:

Rama was 14 kala sampurna but Krishna was 16 kala sampurna thus Krishna is purnavatar.

Is there aany scriptural basis of these for this?

canCan you give any moreanymore examples with explanation  ?

another result says this Rama was 14 kala sampurna and krishna was 16 kala sampurna thus krishna is purnaavatar

AnshAvtaar and PurnaAvtaar

Are there different kind of avatars like anshavtar and Purnaavtaar ?

one of friend told me sage bharadwaja and parshurama were anshavatar of Vishnu but Krishna,Rama are purna avatar.

Hanuman is known as ansh of shiva (does that mean he is anshavtar?)

*a simple google search tells us about

  1. Purna Avtar :Complete Incarnation 2) Ansh Avtar :Partial Incarnation 3) Naimittik Avtar :Casual Incarnation 4) Nittya Avtar :Mundane ...*

something like that cannot access the whole site for now,

is there a scriptural basis of these ?

can you give any more examples with explanation  ?

another result says this Rama was 14 kala sampurna and krishna was 16 kala sampurna thus krishna is purnaavatar

Anshavatar and Purnavatar - are there different types of avatars?

Are there different types of avatars: anshavatar (partial incarnation), purnavatar (complete incarnation) etc.?

One of my friends told me sage Bharadwaja and Parashurama were anshavatars of Vishnu but Krishna and Rama are purnavatars.

Hanuman is known as an ansh of Shiva, does that mean he is an anshavatar?

A simple Google search tells us that;

  1. Purna Avatar: Complete incarnation
  2. Anshavatar: Partial incarnation
  3. Naimittik Avtar: Casual incarnation
  4. Nittya Avatar: Mundane incarnation

(something like that, cannot access that website now)

Another search result says:

Rama was 14 kala sampurna but Krishna was 16 kala sampurna thus Krishna is purnavatar.

Is there any scriptural basis for this?

Can you give anymore examples with explanation?

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AnshAvtaar and PurnaAvtaar

Are there different kind of avatars like anshavtar and Purnaavtaar ?

one of friend told me sage bharadwaja and parshurama were anshavatar of Vishnu but Krishna,Rama are purna avatar.

Hanuman is known as ansh of shiva (does that mean he is anshavtar?)

*a simple google search tells us about

  1. Purna Avtar :Complete Incarnation 2) Ansh Avtar :Partial Incarnation 3) Naimittik Avtar :Casual Incarnation 4) Nittya Avtar :Mundane ...*

something like that cannot access the whole site for now,

is there a scriptural basis of these ?

can you give any more examples with explanation ?

another result says this Rama was 14 kala sampurna and krishna was 16 kala sampurna thus krishna is purnaavatar