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| Article Name : | | | DASAVATARA IMAGES IN ANCIENT INDIAN ART | | Author Name : | | | Pragya Chaturvedi | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4584 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Incarnations (avataras) are manifested forms of god assumed for some specific purposes. After the completion of the mission of his life He returns to his original self. The oldest reference of avataravad is found in Satapatha Brahman. The names of incarnations vary with descriptions of different texts and their number. Later on this list became stereotyped to ten. The avatara images started being made in Kushana period and reached to its climax in pre medieval period. The depiction of several dasavatara images by the artisans, on the lintels, doorways of various temples establishes the popularity of the concept of incarnations in ancient Indian art. | | Keywords : | | |
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