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conch and disc), Madhusūdana (disc, conch, lotus and club), Trivikrama (lotus, club, disc and conch), , lotus and conch), Padmanābha (conch, lotus, disc and club), Dāmodara (lotus, disc, club and conch), , club and conch), Janārdana (lotus, disc, conch and club), Śrī Hari (conch, disc, lotus and club), Śrī Kṛṣṇa (conch, club, lotus and disc), Adhokṣaja (lotus, club, conch and disc), and Upendra (conch, club , disc and lotus).

Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha expand into eight additional vilāsa-mūrtis. Their names are Puruṣottama, Acyuta, Nṛsiṁha, Janārdana, Hari, Kṛṣṇa, Adhokṣaja and Upendra. Adhokṣaja and Puruṣottama are the vilāsa forms of Vāsudeva. Similarly, Upendra and Acyuta are the vilāsa forms of Saṅkarṣaṇa; Nṛsiṁha and Janārdana the vilāsa forms of Pradyumna; and Hari and Kṛṣṇa the vilāsa forms of Aniruddha.

Lord Caitanya next informed Sanātana Gosvāmī that there are different forms of svāṁśa as well, and these are divided into the Saṅkarṣaṇa division and the incarnation division. Saṅkarṣaṇa division includes the three puruṣa-avatāras – Kāraṇodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu – and the other division comprises the līlā-avatāras, such as the Lord’s incarnations as a fish and a tortoise.

According to the Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra, there are sixteen forms, and these are also named according to the positions of the disc and so on. He is called līlā-puruṣottama, and He resides principally in Vṛndāvana as the son of Nanda. from the Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra that there are nine forms protecting the two Purīs known as Mathurā Purī and These are different manifestations of the prakāśa and vilāsa forms of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.46.31) it is said that Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa are the origin of all living entities and that these two personalities enter into everything. A list of incarnations is given in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3), and they are as follows: (1) the Kumāras, and Vyāsa are five eternal forms, and they are more celebrated. are Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.

These twenty-four forms – the four original Viṣṇu forms, the twelve Vaikuṇṭha forms, and the eight vilāsa-mūrtis mentioned above – are known as vilāsa manifestations of the prābhava (four-handed) form, and They are named differently according to the position of the symbolic representations (mace, disc, lotus flower and these twenty-four vilāsa forms, some are vaibhava forms, such as Pradyumna, Trivikrama, Vāmana, Hari and Thus Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are prābhava-vilāsa forms of Kṛṣṇa, and there are

puruṣa-avatāras, (2) the līlā-avatāras, (3) the guṇa-avatāras, (4) the manvantara-avatāras, (5) the yuga-avatāras and Out of the six vilāsa manifestations of Kṛṣṇa, there are two divisions based on His age, and these are called bālya and paugaṇḍa. of Nanda Mahārāja, Kṛṣṇa in His original form enjoys both of these childhood aspects – namely, bālya and

These forms of Kṛṣṇa are distributed throughout the world and throughout the universes to give pleasure These forms incarnate not only to give pleasure to the devotees but to reestablish devotional service and mentioned in the scriptures, such as the Viṣṇu incarnation, Trivikrama incarnation, Nṛsiṁha incarnation and

Vāmana, (8) Sārvabhauma, (9) Ṛṣabha, (10) Viṣvaksena, (11) Dharmasetu, (12) Sudhāmā, (13) Yogeśvara and Out of these fourteen manvantara-avatāras, Yajña and Vāmana are also līlā-avatāras.

three puruṣa-avatāras, namely, the Mahā-viṣṇu or Kāraṇodaka-śāyī avatāra, the Garbhodaka-śāyī avatāra and Kṛṣṇa’s energies can also be divided into three: His energy of thinking, His energy of feeling and His His thinking energy He is the Supreme Lord, when He exhibits His feeling energy He is Lord Vāsudeva, and Without the Lord’s thinking, feeling and acting, there would be no possibility of creation.

almanac, the twelve months of the year are named according to the twelve Vaikuṇṭha forms of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and This calendar begins with the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, which is equivalent to late November and early December Nārāyaṇa, January–February Mādhava, February–March Govinda, March–April Viṣṇu, April–May Śrī Madhusūdana, and June–July is called Vāmana, July–August Śrīdhara, August–September Hṛṣīkeśa, September–October Padmanābha, and

For instance, the tilaka mark on the forehead is called Keśava, and on the stomach, chest and arms the

We can conclude that there is no end to the expansions and incarnations of Kṛṣṇa. Lord Caitanya described some of them to Sanātana just to give him an idea of how the Lord expands and

The spiritual world – the Vaikuṇṭha planets and Kṛṣṇaloka – is situated in Kṛṣṇa’s energy of thinking The material cosmic manifestation and its different universes are manifested through māyā, or the material The form of the Lord who causes the energy of material nature to bring about creation is Saṅkarṣaṇa, and The example is given of iron becoming hot in contact with fire and, when red hot, acting just like fire

planet in the spiritual sky is called Kṛṣṇaloka, which is divided into three portions: Gokula, Mathurā and In Ānandāraṇya there is the form of Viṣṇu, and in Māyāpur, the birthplace of Lord Caitanya, there is

Satya-yuga the incarnation of God is white; in the Tretā-yuga He is red; in the Dvāpara-yuga He is blackish; and Nārada (the incarnation of devotional service), King Pṛthu (the incarnation of administrative power) and

It is indicated that this earth is divided into seven islands, which are the seven continents, and it