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raghunath govindachari
• 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