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Lord Krishna or Lord Narayana is considered to be the origin . From Narayana, Vasudeva is manifest, and from Vasudeva, Sankarsana is manifest (Agni-purana 48.13). Lord Nrsimha is an expansion of Sankarsana. [Padma-tantra 1.2.31 and Vishnu-dharmottara-purana 3.78(2).5-7]. (haris Sankarsanamsena Narasimha-vapur dharah). Just as Sankarsana destroys the universe, Lord Nrsimha destroys all ignorance and all sins arising from body, mind and speech.
Krishna descends in a variety of avatars. All the avatars are of the nature of "sat-cid-ananda: full of bliss andknowledge". They reside in the spiritual world,Goloka Vrindavana. When They descend into the material world, They are called "avatara" (literally, "descent").The Vihagendra-samhita (4.17) of the Pancaratra-Agama enumerate more than seventy forms of Nrsimha. Most of these forms are distinguished by the arrangements of weapons in the hands, His different postures, or other subtle distinctions.
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