Avatar Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===In Sikhism=== 24 avatars of [[Vishnu]] are mentioned in Bachitar Natak's composition in [[Dasam Granth]], the second scripture of [[Sikh]]ism written by [[Guru Gobind Singh]]:<ref name="Dasam Granth Sahib"/> {{Columns-list|colwidth=18em| # Mach ([[Matsya]]) # Kach ([[Kurma]]) # Nara (Nara in [[Nara-Narayana]]) # Narayan (Narayana in [[Nara-Narayana]]) # Maha Mohini ([[Mohini]]) # Bairaha ([[Varaha]]) # Nar Singha ([[Narasimha]]) # Baman ([[Vamana]]) # Parshuram ([[Parashurama]]) # Bramma ([[Brahma]]) # Balram ([[Balarama]]) # Jalandhar ([[Jalandhara]]) # Bishan ([[Vishnu]]) # Sheshayi ([[Shesha]]) # Arihant Dev ([[Arihant (Jainism)|Arihant]]a) # Manu Raja ([[Manu (Hinduism)|Manu]]) # Dhanvantari ([[Dhanvantari]]) # Suraj ([[Surya]]) # Chandar ([[Chandra]]) # Ram ([[Rama]]) # Kishan ([[Krishna]]) # Nar ([[Arjuna]]) # Rudra ([[Shiva|Shiv]]) # Kalki ([[Kalki]]) }} The [[Guru Granth Sahib]] reverentially includes the names of numerous Hindu deities, including Vishnu avatars such as Krishna, Hari, and Rama, as well those of Devi as Durga.<ref>Torkel Brekke (2014), Religion, War, and Ethics: A Sourcebook of Textual Traditions (Editors: Gregory M. Reichberg and Henrik Syse), Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|978-0521450386}}, pages 673, 675, 672β686;<br />Christopher Shackle and Arvind Mandair (2005), Teachings of the Sikh Gurus, Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0415266048}}, pages xxxivβxli</ref><ref>SS Kapoor and MK Kapoor (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8-h8ptzp0lUC&pg=PA17 Composition 8, 9 and 10], ''Dasam Granth'', Hemkunt, {{ISBN|9788170103257}}, pages 15β16</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Pashaura Singh|author2=Norman Gerald Barrier|author3=W. H. McLeod|title=Sikhism and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xY_XAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-566708-0|pages=136β147}}</ref> [[Dasam Granth]] has three major compositions, one each dedicated to avatars of Vishnu (Chaubis avatar) and Brahma.<ref name="Dasam Granth Sahib">SS Kapoor and MK Kapoor (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8-h8ptzp0lUC&pg=PA17 Composition 8, 9 and 10], ''Dasam Granth'', Hemkunt, {{ISBN|9788170103257}}, pages 16β17</ref><ref>J Deol (2000), Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity (Editors: AS Mandair, C Shackle, G Singh), Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0700713899}}, pages 31β33</ref> However, Sikhism rejects the doctrine of savior incarnation, and only accepts the abstract ''nirguna'' formless god.<ref name=enesbittavatar>{{cite book|author=Eleanor Nesbitt|title=Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ai-rpcY-rrgC |year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-157806-9 |pages=16, 24β25 }}</ref><ref name=wocoleavatar>{{cite book|author=William Owen Cole|title=Understanding Sikhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJnXAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Dunedin Academic|isbn=978-1-903765-15-9|pages=47β49}}</ref> The Sikh Gurus endorsed the view of Hindu Bhakti movement saints such as [[Namdev]] (β1270 β 1350 CE) that formless eternal god is within the human heart and man is his own savior.<ref name=enesbittavatar/><ref>{{cite book|author=Pashaura Singh|editor=Mark Juergensmeyer and Wade Clark Roof|title=Encyclopedia of Global Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwJzAwAAQBAJ |year=2011|publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-4522-6656-5 |pages=138 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page