Varaha

Glossary

Vishnu’s incarnation in the form of a boar. Varaha is third of Vishnu’s ten incarnate forms (dashavatara) and is associated with killing the demon Hiranyaksha. In its zoomorphic representations, Varaha is depicted as a boar, with Bhudevi, the goddess personifying the earth, hanging onto his tusks; in his anthropomorphic representation, he is show as a boar-headed man with Bhudevi on his knee.

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Varaha%newline%Vishnu's incarnation in the form of a boar. Varaha is third of Vishnu's ten incarnate forms (dashavatara) and is associated with killing the demon Hiranyaksha. In its zoomorphic representations, Varaha is depicted as a boar, with Bhudevi, the goddess personifying the earth, hanging onto his tusks; in his anthropomorphic representation, he is show as a boar-headed man with Bhudevi on his knee.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Varaha”. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/varaha/
MLA	“Varaha.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/varaha/. Accessed 27, April, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Varaha. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/varaha/. (Accessed: 27, April, 2024)