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Hiranyakashipu: Hinduism Avatar Vishnu

Narasimha was Vishnu's fourth avatar, who took the form of a man with the head of a lion. He protected Prahlad, who worshipped Vishnu, by killing his father Hiranyakashipu, a demon who opposed the gods. Hiranyakashipu could not be killed by man, animal or deva in day or night, inside or outside his palace. Vishnu incarnated as Narasimha, a half-man, half-lion, to kill Hiranyakashipu at twilight on his palace porch, fulfilling the conditions of the boon.

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Hiranyakashipu: Hinduism Avatar Vishnu

Narasimha was Vishnu's fourth avatar, who took the form of a man with the head of a lion. He protected Prahlad, who worshipped Vishnu, by killing his father Hiranyakashipu, a demon who opposed the gods. Hiranyakashipu could not be killed by man, animal or deva in day or night, inside or outside his palace. Vishnu incarnated as Narasimha, a half-man, half-lion, to kill Hiranyakashipu at twilight on his palace porch, fulfilling the conditions of the boon.

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Narasimha, according to Hinduism, was the fourth avatar of Vishnu.

In this form, Vishnu had the


body of a man, but he had a head of a lion. This avatar of Vishnu is also a symbol of great strength.
The Hindu scriptures tell this story about Narashimha. There was a demon (a daitya)
named Hiranyakashipu. He was against all gods. But, his son named Prahlad used to worship the
gods, especially Vishnu. Hiranyakashipu was not happy at his son and wanted to burn him to death.
Hiranyakashipu also wanted to kill everyone who worshipped the gods and make everyone worship
him instead. Vishnu became Narasimha, and protected Prahlad and other people who worshipped
the gods by stopping Hiranyakashipu. Brahma had granted Hiranyakashipu a boon that kept him
safe so that he could not be killed by a human, animal or deva. He also could not be killed in the day
or night, or inside or outside of his palace. This made Hiranyakashipu believe that no one could kill
him. When he wanted to kill his son for worshiping Vishnu, Vishnu came to earth incarnated as a
half-man, half-lion creature (neither man nor human). This way Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu in the
twilight (neither day, nor night) and on the porch of the palace (neither inside, nor outside), without
disrupting the boon given to him by Brahma.

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