Vedanta - Discussion Forum I (introductory))

[Sunder]

<!--QuoteBegin-gangajal+Nov 3 2004, 01:26 AM-->QUOTE(gangajal @ Nov 3 2004, 01:26 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> A Purna Avatara seems to be God manifesting. An Amsa Avatara is a human being who has been given special powers by God. I would not call an Amsa Avatara an Avatara. This must be Vaishnava theology. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hmm. Human being being given special powers by God? This is a quite interesting interpretation for an Advaiti. Perhaps you are right, in which case I stand corrected <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

I would love to see the Pramanas that declare such.