Religious Studies GCSE
Avatars
What Avatars means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Forms in which the divine presents as it descends to earth to restore dharma.
Vishnu descends as these, like Krishna, when evil threatens the world.
Topics that use Avatars
- Hinduism - 3.1.4.1 Beliefs and teachings (AQA GCSE)
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