Varaha
A boar-headed avatar.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 400 BCE
- Attested period
- -400 – 2020
- Historical notes
- The Mahabharata is estimated to have been compiled between 400 BCE and 400 CE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Zhu Bajie, Vadātājs, Vahana, Vaibhavi, Valkyrie, Vâlvă, Valravn, Vampire, Vanara, Vântoase, Vârcolac, Vardøger, Vedrfolnir, Veļi, Věri Şělen, Víbria, Vila, Vilkacis, Viruñas, Vision Serpent, Vishap, Vitore, Víðópnir, Vodyanoy, Vrykolakas, Vucub-Caquix, Vættir, Narayana, Hamsa, Nrisingha, Vamana, Rama, Kalki, Kamsa, Lakshmi, Dhanvantari, Kapila, Buddha, Balarama, Narsimha, Parashurama, Prithu, Mohini, Yajna, Dattatreya, Sita, Minotaur, Anubis, Cynocephalus, Bastet, Daksha, Ganesha, Hayagriva, Horse-Face, Keibu Keioiba, Khnum, Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Nandi, Narasimha, Ox-Head, Penghou, Pratyangira, Set, Tikbalang, Tumburu, Vetala, Krishna, Matsya, Kurma, Ravana, Śeṣa, Hiranyaksha
- manifests as
- Vishnu
- aspect of
- Vishnu
- parent of
- Narakasura, Mangala
- consort of
- Bhumi
Mentioned by
- Minotaur
- Anubis
- Cynocephalus
- Bastet
- Daksha
- Ganesha
- Hayagriva
- Horse-Face
- Keibu Keioiba
- Khnum
- Maahes
- Pakhet
- Sekhmet
- Tefnut
- Nandi
- Narasimha
and 13 more
Sources
Source passages
“Varaha – A boar-headed avatar.”
#4727 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Varaha (Hindu mythology) – Third Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a boar”
#5562 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Appearing in the forms of a swan [Hamsa], a tortoise [Kurma], a fish [Matsya], O foremost of regenerate ones, I shall then display myself as a boar [Varaha], then as a Man-lion (Nrisingha), then as a dwarf [Vamana], then as Rama of Bhrigu's race, then as Rama, the son of Dasaratha, then as Krishna the scion of the Sattwata race, and lastly as Kalki.”
#17597 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Varaha, the boar”
#22319 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the first one, he was the first son of Bhumi and Varaha. He was born when Bhumi requested Varaha for a son. Narakasura later performed a penance to receive a boon that only his mother would be able to kill him.”
#30306 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001