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Pur膩峁嘺s about the parentage of avat膩ras. V膩mana was born of
Kasyapa and Aditi; R膩ma of Dasaratha and Kausalya, K峁涐梗峁嘺 of
Vasudeva and Dev膩ki etc. This shows that these Avataras have
material bodies in addition to spiritual ones. It is also read about
their giving up the material bodies. It is said that Lord K峁涐梗峁嘺 gave
up the frame and form with which He did so many divine feats to
lighten the burden of the earth. What is applicable to Lord K峁涐梗峁嘺,
a P奴r峁嚹乿at膩ra, may be said about the Amsavat膩ra also. The
orthodox people explain the Lord's appearing in human form and
other forms and then relinquishing them as His M膩y膩. They like this
activity of the Lord in an Avat膩ra to that of an acrobat, and mantain
that His form is spiritual only. Here follows an exposition of the
importance of various Avat膩ras of Lord Vi峁ａ箛u :
2) THE CONCEPT OF MATSY膧VAT膧RA
According to Hindu religion the first incarnation of Lord Vi峁ａ箛u
is the form of Matsya. This myth has played very prominent part in
the mythologies of ancient India. This concept of this myth is
originated from the Indian flood legends. The Matsya incarnation is
connected with the story of a universal Deluge. In ancient literature
and folk lores, almost all the countries of the world, there is a
mention of universal Deluge. Traditionally, flood legends are well
known to all the races of the world.
Matsya in Vedic Literature :
In the 峁歡veda there is no clear reference to Matsya myth
connected with the deluge. Manu occurs in various passages of the
峁歡veda but he is connected with the deluge. He is described five