Narasingha Man-lion : fourth of the ten Avatāras of Vishnu in this Chaturyuga. He killed Hiranyakashipu & saved his son Prahlāda from his persecution. Since the Asura had obtained Brahma’s boon that he would not die inside or outside his palace, by a man or a god, on the ground or above it, Narasingha emerged from a pillar in his palace as half-Man & half-Lion, sat on the threshold of the entrance, pinned the Asura on his lap & tore out his heart with his claws.
... thoughtfulness of his manner, one detects hidden iron and the concealed roughness of the force that has come to destroy and to build, some hint of the rugged outlines of Demogorgon, the claws of Narasingha. For every man is not only himself, he is that which he represents. Mr. Macdonald has been reserved and cautious during his visit and has spoken out only on the Reforms and Reuter, nor have his remarks ...
... didn't they? PURANI: Yes. Purani again showed some of Nandalal's and Tagore's paintings that have come out in Viswa Bharati. About Nandalal's painting of Arjuna represented as Purusha Sinha (Man-lion), Sri Aurobindo said, "All I can say is that it is queer. His goat is better than this." About some of the modern paintings, he said, "Is this democratic art?" Seeing Radha's picture in a lying position ...
... procession of the Avatars is itself, as it were, a parable of evolution. First the Fish Avatar, then the amphibious animal [Tortoise] between land and water, then the land animal [Boar], then the Man-Lion Avatar, bridging man and animal, then man as dwarf [Vamana], small and undeveloped and physical but containing in himself the godhead and taking possession of existence, then the rajasic [Parasurama] ...
... trained Bharatnatyam dancer performing the tale of the ‘Ten Avatars’, a tale familiar to the people in her audience since their childhood. The ten Avatars are: the Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, the Man-Lion, the Dwarf, Parasurama alias Rama-with-the-axe, Rama (with the bow), Krishna, the Buddha and finally Kalki, who according to tradition is still to come. The succession, even at first sight, shows... Aurobindo, ‘the progression is striking and unmistakable.’ 10 The fish was the first vertebrate in the womb of the ocean. Then comes the tortoise, an amphibian, then the boar, a mammal. The man-lion represents the transitional beings between animal and man. Then follows homo faber as Rama-with-the-axe, followed by Rama-with-the-bow, i.e., homo sapiens, the species we all belong to and which ...
... procession of the ten Avatars is..., as it were, a parable of evolution. First the Fish Avatar, then the amphibious animal [Tortoise] between land and water, then the land animal [Boar], then the Man-Lion Avatar, bridging man and animal, then man as dwarf, small and undeveloped and physical but containing in himself the godhead and taking possession of existence, then the...Avatars leading to the human ...
... Sri Aurobindo 1 According to the Hindu tradition, the evolution of life and consciousness on Earth has been supported by a succession of Avatars: the Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, the Man-Lion, the Dwarf, Rama-with-the-Ax, Rama, Krishna, the Buddha, and the last one, Kalki, who according to the tradition is still to come. Question: If Sri Aurobindo and the Mother were Avatars, or an... again: “The Hindu procession of the ten Avatars is itself, as it were, a parable of evolution. First the Fish Avatar, then the amphibian animal between land and water, then the land animal, then the Man-Lion Avatar, bridging man and animal, then man as dwarf, small and undeveloped and physical but containing in himself the godhead and taking possession of existence, then the rajasic , sattwic , nirguna ...
... evolution. The Hindu procession of the ten Avatars is itself, as it were, a parable of evolution. First the Fish Avatar, then the amphibious animal between land and water, then the land animal, then the Man-Lion Avatar, bridging man and animal, then man as dwarf, small and undeveloped and physical but containing in himself the godhead and taking possession of existence, then the rajasic, sattwic, nirguna ...
... particularly when a transition from one stage to another is to be made. That is why we have in the traditional Hindu account, a fish Avatar, an amphibious tortoise Avatar, a land-animal boar Avatar, a man-lion Avatar, a dwarf-man Avatar, a rajasic human Avatar (Parashurama), then a sattwic human Avatar (Rama) and then a guna-transcending superhuman "global" Overmind Avatar (Krishna). If we count Buddha ...
... but the nails at the end are like some strange horns, and these have ripped open the body of the Asura, as through the body of a bee. Lo, the Lord has assumed the body of a Man-Lion. Victory to the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World! A strange Dwarf, you duped Bali with your cunning; the water touched by your feet purifies human peoples ...
... existing ceiling of progress. The number of Avatars varies according to the source, but generally ten Avatars are recognised. The dasavatar are the following: Fish, Tortoise (amphibian), Boar (mammal), Man-Lion (transitional beings between the animal kingdom and the hominids), Dwarf (first hominids), Rama-with-the-Ax ( homo habilis ), Rama-with-the-Bow, the hero of the Ramayana (the mental being, the human ...
... ocean! Salutations to Thee who incarnated as the Cosmic Boar to lift up the earth as in play and establish it in the proper place! 19. Salutations to Thee who didst assume the form of the wondrous Man-Lion in order to protect Thy devotees from fears and dangers! Salutations to Thee who as Vāmana (the Holy Dwarf) measured the whole universe with three strides! 20. Salutations to Thee! Rāma with the axe ...
... very Abyss where Urizen has plunged himself and where ...he beheld the forms of tygers & of Lions, dishumanized men, 184 and stood questioning a fierce scorpion and a fierce-maned lion 185 he is attacked: these attack'd him sore, Siezing upon his feet, & rending the sinews, that in Caves He has to recure his obstructed powers with rest & oblivion. 186 ...
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