There are ten avatars of Vishnu (dashavatara) commonly considered as the most prominent #1 Matsya, the fish. #2 Kurma, the turtle. #3 Varaha, the boar. #4 Narasimha, the Man-L
…ion (Nara = man, simha = lion). #5 Vamana, the Dwarf Brahmin (priest). #6 Parashurama, Rama with the axe, who appeared in the Treta Yuga. #7 Rama, Sri Ramachandra, the prince and king of Ayodhya. #8 Krishna (meaning 'dark coloured' or 'all attractive' or the Existence of Bliss, [29]), appeared in the Dwapara Yuga along with his brother Balarama. Balarama is included as the eighth Dasavatara which list Krishna as the source of all avatars, svayam bhagavan (this viewpoint is specific to Bhagavata, Gaudiya, Vallabhacarya and Nimbarka sampradayas) .[30] #9 Buddha, the thinker. (See Gautama Buddha in Hinduism) #10 Kalki ("Eternity", or "time", or "The Destroyer of foulness"), who is expected to appear at the end of Kali Yuga, the time period in which we currently exist. (MORE) 
