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In Hindu mythology, the descent of a deity to earth in a visible form, for example the ten avatars of Vishnu.



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In the end, Avatara emerges as a singer of her own song--a singer of the praisesong her ancestors sent to initiate her into her role as a contemporary Aunt Nancy.
Weaving the web of reintegration: locating Aunt Nancy in Praisesong ... by Benjamin, Shanna Greene / MELUS
Next Visnu and his avataras are dealt with, Garuda, and the personifications of the weapons and emblems of the deity.
Elements of Hindu Iconography, vol. 1, 2d ed by Klostermaier, Klaus K. / Pacific Affairs
Cuney insisted that the child should be given the grandmother's name: Avatara.
Embodying Cultural Memory in Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow by Rogers, Susan / African American Review
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