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From: Ranga Satagopan (rsata_at_wormhole.ctp.com)
Date: Thu Jan 04 1996 - 08:07:14 PST
> I felt the Avatara was mainly for the redemtion > of the Dwar-palakas, cursed for human sufferring from > their Nitya-suri status. Kamsa was one such. This couldn't have been the purpose. The Dwarapalakas were born thrice and were slain thrice by Narayana: 1. Hiranyaaksha, Hiranyakasipu (Varaha, Narasimha) 2. Ravana, Kumbakarna (Rama) 3. Sisupala, Dantavakra (Krsna) Kamsa wasn't one, to my knowledge. - Ranga ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranga Satagopan (617) 374-8630 Cambridge Technology Partners rsata@ctp.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------