Originally posted by: bhas1066
Hi ShivangBuch
BTW these are just my conclusion / interpretations of whatever has been said till now in this topic.Of course. That was clear in your post (although there were quite a few new added points as well). I just asked for confirmation whether what I interpreted from your summarized well compiled conclusion paragraphs was correct or not.i was myself trying to make out the answer to my question hence consolidated the points in favour and against Buddha as the 9th avatar. ( and wasn't successfull!!ð. still myself confused!!) . Didint mean to disapprove or offend. In fact i would be glad to have answers for these points against Buddha as it will clear my doubts ,..like the point of Mahaveera ... i didnt know that!!
And the point of Geet Govind I didn't know. ð Well what we can get through this discussions are the logical inputs of all and we can be clearer in the process and the process is ongoing. One can't be absolutely sure in this but Varaali still has come up with many objective evidences and Lola is absolutely sure in her feelings about Buddha. So I have personally enjoyed and have gained only through this thread. Vrish and Janaki's views are also firm. Probably you are just confused because both views are firm. But both the views are very valid and logical and openminded. And logical arguments haven't actually ended. We are still in harmonization process of thoughts.
No hard feelings or indignation please.Not at all. Where did you see hard feelings in my post???!!!!!!!!! All were questions asking for clarification or confirmation of what I understood. Questioning is not disagreement. Even logical disagreement in a debate is not what can be called hard feeling.
But harking back to my question @ the start of the thread, why not count Mohini as the 3rd avatar, after Kurma? After the ocean was churned, Garuda was instructed to take the mountain back to where he brought it from. Kurma's avatar was over, and Vishnu, seeing the devas and asuras fight over the amrit, and the asuras having taken possession of it, decided to trick them out of it. So he took on Mohini's form, seduced the asuras into making her the distributor, gave it all to the devas (except for Rahu-Ketu) and then took back his form again. That would seem to make Mohini the third avatar, and shift everyone else down by 1 - Varaha being the 4th, Vamana the 5th,... Rama the 8th and Krishna the 9th. Only problem for scriptural numerologists - it disrupts a major significance of the #8 and Krishna if he's no longer the 8th avatar of Vishnu.It's true that Mohini re-surfaced on other occasions to help Mahadev against Bhashmasura, and again to help create a son Ayappa to slay Mahishi. But would that disqualify her from the list?
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