Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- தேகதாரணம்
- Transliteration
- dehadharanam
- Rejected alternatives
- அவதாரம்
Incarnation
CRITICAL: NEVER use அவதாரம். Tamil Vaishnavism’s devotion to Vishnu’s ten avatars (dasavatara) is one of the most intensely developed avatar theologies in all of India, making this word an unusually strong pull for Tamil readers specifically. தேகதாரணம் conveys the eternal Son permanently and uniquely assuming human nature, once, not a repeatable divine descent.