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trtiya-purusa visnu--’guna-avatara’

dui avatara-bhitara ganana tanhara

SYNONYMS

trtiya-purusa—the third Personality; visnu—Lord Visnu; guna-avatara—the incarnation of the material quality of goodness; dui avatara-bhitara—within the two incarnations; ganana-tanhara—He is designated "The third expansion of Visnu is the Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who is the incarnation of the quality of goodness.

He is to be counted within the two types of incarnations (purusa-avataras and guna-avataras).