[Advaita-l] Dashavataras as per Harivamsha

[V Subrahmanian]

Does the Mahabharata mention Buddha as Vishnu-avatara?

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On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 9:48 PM, Kripa Shankar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> It is interesting to note that the original work of Veda Vyasa, the sequel
> to the Mahabharata - Harivamsha, ‎does not mention the name of Buddha
> anywhere as the avatar of Vishnu. Here is the list of the avatars :
>
> 1) Varaha
> 2) Narasimha
> 3) Vamana
> 4) Dattatreya
> 5) Parashurama (son of Jamadagni)
> 6) Rama (son of Dasharatha) along with 3 brothers  < apparently 24th treta
> yuga >
> 7) Krishna < 28th Dwapara yuga >
> 8) Matsya
> 9) Kurma
> 10) Veda Vyasa (son of Parashara)
> 11) Kalki (yet to be born)
>
> Here is a link : ‎http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/hv_1_41.html
>
>
> Vyasaya Vishnu roopaya Vyasa roopaya Vishnave
> Namo vai Brahma nidhaye Vasishtaya namo namaha
>
>
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