Vedas do not talk about avatars. When and why this concept got introduced in Hinduism?
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2Related: Do Vedas talk about avataras? – Paṇḍyā♦ May 12 at 2:20
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Vedas do talk about avataras. Read: hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/22618/… – Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury May 12 at 14:41
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2Your best bet is to post this on History.SE. If you ask here, you will only get theological/unsatisfying answers. A similar question about river Ganga was moved to History recently because it was attracting mythological answers here. – sv. May 14 at 18:35
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When avatar got introduced?
First avatar appeared when Brahma was struggling to get earth back in this creation cycle. Lord Varaha appeared.
Why avatar got introduced?
The purpose of avatar is to restore dharma.
Bg 4.8 — To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium
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@Pandya Varaha appeared twice, first at the beginning of day of Brahma to lift earth and then to kill Hiranyaksha in 6th/7th manvantara. Kurma and Matsya appeared in cakshusha and at the end of cakshusha manvantara respectively. Even Matsya appeared in the beginning of day of Brahma, which is first? I am not sure... – Govinda May 12 at 2:39
