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From: raghunath govindachari (raghu_at_turing.scs.carleton.ca)
Date: Thu Jan 04 1996 - 17:46:47 PST
PD writes: > My point was NOT that Buddha is accepted as > one of the 10 by Sri Vaishnavaas. The 10 are very > clearly stated by Thirumangai aazhvaar and > Swami Sri dhEsikar, and Buddha is not in this 10. > However, it is undeniable that Buddha is named as > an avathaaram by Sri Vaishnavaas, but, let me > repeat, not as one of the dhasaavatharams. > Since Buddha is not one of the ten you don't find > him in the dhasaavathaaraan sannithi at Sri Rangam. > I would like to point out that in one of the Annamacharya kritis, buddha is mentioned as one among the 10 avataras. --raghu