Dasavatara: The Ten Incarnations Of Vishnu

Ashok, V. . Rupa Publications India . English

�For protecting the good, destroying the wicked and for restoring dharma, I am born age after age.� This promise of the great god Vishnu, made in the Bhagavad Gita, forms the basis of Dasavatara: The Ten Incarnations of Vishnu, the stories of the various avatars of Vishnu. The days where children would cluster around their grandparents and listen with fascination to the stories of angry rishis, evil kings, fearsome asuras and the awesome exploits of Vishnu himself, are fast fading. This book attempts to collect the myriad legends of Vishnu in a single volume to remind Indians, as well as those abroad, of an integral part of the country's religious and social life.

Categories: Fiction

About the Author

V. Ashok was born in Orissa and educated in Delhi where he graduated in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1982 and has served in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Vienna, as well as in various capacities in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. He was the director of external relations in the Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai and represented India as alternate governor and alternate permanent representative at the International Atomic Agency in Vienna. He is currently posted in the Indian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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