Incarnation

CRITICAL: never அவதாரம். Tamil Vaishnavism’s devotion to the dasavatara (Vishnu’s ten avatars) is one of the most fully developed avatar theologies in South Asia, making this the single strongest word-substitution temptation in the entire Tamil glossary. தேகதாரணம் must be taught as a unique, once-for-all act of divine self-disclosure, not a recurring avatar-descent.