Yugavatara, 驰耻驳腻惫补迟腻谤补, Yuga-avatara: 3 definitions
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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)驰耻驳腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶啶椸ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ) refers to 鈥渋ncarnations of the Lord who teach the particular religion for each yuga鈥�. (cf. Glossary page from 艢谤墨尘补诲-叠丑补驳补惫补诲-骋墨迟腻).
: Prabhupada Books: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta驰耻驳腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶啶椸ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ) or simply Yuga refers to 鈥渋ncarnations in different millenniums鈥�, according to the 艢r墨 Caitanya Carit膩m峁泃a 2.20.246 (鈥淭he Science of the Absolute Truth鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭here are incarnations that control the material qualities [驳耻峁嘺-补惫补迟腻谤补蝉], incarnations who appear during the reign of each Manu [尘补苍惫补苍迟补谤补-补惫补迟腻谤补蝉], incarnations in different millenniums [测耻驳补-补惫补迟腻谤补蝉] and incarnations of empowered living entities [艣补办迟测腻惫别艣补-补惫补迟腻谤补蝉闭鈥�.
The four 驰耻驳腻惫补迟腻谤补s are:
- 艣耻办濒补 (white) in Satya-yuga (Bh膩g. 11.5.21),
- rakta (red) in Tret膩-yuga (Bh膩g. 11.5.24),
- 艣测腻尘补 (dark blue) in Dv膩para-yuga (Bh膩g. 11.5.27) and
- generally 办峁涐梗峁嘺 (black)
[but in special cases 辫墨迟补 (yellow) as Caitanya Mah膩prabhu in Kali-yuga (Bh膩g. 11.5.32 and 10.8.13)].
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
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Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary驰耻驳腻惫补迟腻谤补 (啶啶椸ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ):鈥�(nm) representative of the age, man of the age.
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Partial matches: Avatara, Yuga.
Full-text: Yuga, Manvantaravatara, Manvantara, Shaktyaveshavatara, Guna, Gunavatara, Shaktyavesha.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 437 < [Volume 2 (1872)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati D膩sa)
Verse 1.14.88 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord鈥檚 Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lak峁墨priy膩]
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Sri Krishna-Chaitanya (by Nisikanta Sanyal)
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Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.8 < [Chapter 4 - J帽膩na-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
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Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas (by Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad)
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