incarnations
Forms taken bodily
Incarnations are instances of something taking bodily form, especially divine beings appearing in flesh.
In Hinduism, Vishnu has multiple incarnations including Rama and Krishna.
More loosely, incarnations are successive versions or embodiments: The restaurant has gone through several incarnations since it opened.
A person can be the incarnation of a quality: She was the incarnation of patience.
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- manifestationOutward display of something
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
exemplar · representation · expression · materialization · actualization · realization · concretization · substantiation
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- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- VishnuHindu deity of preservation
- KrishnaEighth avatar of Vishnu
- RamaVishnu's seventh incarnation
descent · divine manifestation · theophany · messiah · savior · flesh and blood · divine presence · godhead
Previous cycles of existence
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- soul journeyMetaphysical path of growth
karmic cycle · afterlife · wheel of life · death and rebirth
Repeated procedural pass
- variationChange from a norm
- formShape or document
- editionSingle published version
- renditionPerformed version of work
adaptation · version · interpretation · revision · update · sequel · remake · reboot
Profound biological restructuring
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- transfigurationExalted change in appearance
- transmutationComplete change of form
- shapeshiftingTransforming into other beings
mutation · change · conversion · morphing · adaptation · becoming · emergence · development
avatar
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- manifestationOutward display of something
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- epitomePerfect representative of type
quintessence · exemplar · representation · expression · materialization · actualization · realization · concretization · substantiation · archetype
avatar
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Rama · descent · divine manifestation · theophany · messiah · savior · flesh and blood · divine presence · godhead
past lives
Previous cycles of existence
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
soul journey · karmic cycle · afterlife · wheel of life · death and rebirth
iteration
Repeated procedural pass
rendition · adaptation · version · interpretation · revision · update · sequel · remake · reboot · instance
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- transfigurationExalted change in appearance
- transmutationComplete change of form
shapeshifting · mutation · change · conversion · morphing · adaptation · becoming · emergence · development · progression
- PuranasBhagavata Purana, cosmology, genealogies, genealogy, dynasties
incarnationsspirits
Liquor or apparitions
souls · abstractions · essences · ghosts · phantoms
incarnationsconcealments
Acts of hiding something
potentialities · dormancy · suppression · obscurity · invisibility
- divine incarnationDeity taking physical form