Is Krishna an avatar?

Krishna, Sanskrit Kṛṣṇa, one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities, worshipped as the eighth incarnation (avatar, or avatara) of the Hindu god Vishnu and also as a supreme god in his own right.
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Are there any avatars of Krishna?

Krishna, Buddha." Most draw from the following set of figures, in this order: Matsya; Kurma; Varaha; Narasimha; Vamana; Parashurama; Rama; Krishna or Balarama; Buddha or Krishna; and Kalki. In traditions that omit Krishna, he often replaces Vishnu as the source of all avatars.
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Why Krishna is not an avatar of Vishnu?

Indian Hindu never ask such question. Krishna is one of many avatars of Vishnu, like his other unlimited avatars. Only difference in Krishna avatar is, he born as Vishnu called as Krishna. Following are few most famous avatars & forms.
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Is Krishna an avatar of RAM?

Rama had only one enemy but Krishna had multiple enemies. Krishna, regarded as a Purna-avatar, a combination of Vishnu, Narayana and Krishna, is the god of compassion and love. Rama is all dharma and Krishna is only love and love.
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Did Rama and Krishna ever meet?

hence lord ram gave him a boon he will meet him at the end of dwapar yug in the form of vasudev. Yes. In Bhagavad-gita (10.31) Krishna states: ramah sastra-bhrtam aham, of the wielders of weapons I am Rama. There are also instances of Krishna meeting Jambavan and Hanuman (who are actually characters from Ramayana).
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Is Krishna stronger than Rama?

Both had equal powers and chivalry because they both were incarnation of sheshnaga in his human form and both possessed nearly same qualities of heart and body- be it extreme anger, show of power , extreme love for ram and krishna in respective cases and so on.
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Did Krishna create Vishnu?

The Brahma Vaivarta Purana tells us Krishna is the ultimate source from which Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Prakriti originate. He is Svayam Bhagavan while other incarnation are his partial manifestations.
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Is Krishna greater than Shiva?

Lord Krishna (Lord Vishnu) and Lord Shiva are equally supreme. It's just that the name is given to Lord Shiva.
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Is Radha avatar of Lakshmi?

Radha (Sanskrit: राधा, IAST: Rādhā), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and a chief consort of the god Krishna. She is worshiped as the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion. She is the avatar of Lakshmi and is also described as the chief of the Gopis (milkmaids).
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Is Krishna an avatar of Shiva?

The Matsya, Kurma, and Vamana avatars of Vishnu are Lilavataras. A Purnarupa in this classification, is when Vishnu manifests completely along with his qualities and powers. In Bengal Vaishnavism, Krishna is the Purnarupa. In Shaivism, Bhairava is the purnarupa of Shiva.
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Who is 10th avatar of Vishnu?

Kalki is an Avatara of Vishnu. Avatara means "Descent" and refers to a descent of the divine into the material realm of human existence. The Garuda Puran lists ten incarnations, with Kalki being the tenth. He is described as the incarnation who appears at the end of the Kali Yuga.
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Is Ganesh an avatar of Vishnu?

Just like Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva, who have many avatars, Lord Ganesha has eight. These avatars were taken by the Ganpati to destroy monsters born in every era.
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Why Vishnu and Lakshmi has no child?

When kartikey was born, indra ordered agnidev to take the child and vanish. There were reasons for this. But then, mata parvati became so angry that she cursed devatas that they will never have a child. Vishnu and laxmi had children , but only when they took avatars.
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Is Sita and Rukmini same?

Sita is a mixed incarnation of Shridevi (Rukmini), Bhudevi (Satyabhama) and Niladevi (Radha). In Vishnu Puran, “When Vishnu is Ram, Sri is Sita. When Vishnu is Krishna, Sri is Rukmini”.
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Did Krishna and Radha have a child?

Krishna's foster parents at Vrindavana were Nanda and Yashoda, his sister is Subhadra, and his brother Balarama. Krishna's favourite wife was Radha, with whom he had a son Pradyumna and daughter Carumati, but tradition has it that the god actually acquired 16,108 wives and fathered 180,000 sons.
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Who can defeat Krishna?

Lord Krishna was never defeated by anyone in Mahabharata. In fact, Lord Krishna has never been defeated by anyone at anytime. Lord Krishna is the Supreme Lord. No one has the ability to defeat Lord Krishna.
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Who is first Krishna or Vishnu?

vishnu is first. krishna is an incarnation of lord vishnu. vishnu gives his power to his incarnations so vishnu is all powerfull. incarnations do their work on the behalf of vishnu.
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Can Krishna defeat Shiva?

No one can defeat him in battle. Such a nonsensical question. Nobody can defeat Lord Shiva. Shiva is ONE of the Rudra and Shiva is also Mahadeva ( Trinity).
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What language did Krishna speak?

Sanskrit was the language spoken by him.
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Are there two Krishnas?

There are two Krishnas. One lived in north India, in the Gangetic plains around Mathura, and later on the island of Dwarka, off the Gujarat coast, in 3112 BCE.
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Is Krishna real?

According to Guy Beck, "most scholars of Hinduism and Indian history accept the historicity of Krishna – that he was a real male person, whether human or divine, who lived on Indian soil by at least 1000 BCE and interacted with many other historical persons within the cycles of the epic and puranic histories."
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Who is great Krishna or Karna?

6. Lord Krishna had praised Karna on several occasions. In the middle of the war, Krishna even told Arjuna that Karna was indeed a real warrior, and far better than him.
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Why is Krishna called Purna avatar?

But, the reason why Lord Krishna is said to be 'Purna Avatar' is that He performs divine pastimes in all the Rasas. Lord Rama was Maryada Purushottam & hence He didn't engage much in 'madhurya bhava' (devotional service in the form of a couple).
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Who is elder Vishnu or Shiva?

Originally Answered: Who is older, Shiv or Vishnu? This question is wrong because shiva is infinite. Vishnu is created by shiva. Shiv has no shape he is beyond the cycle of birth & death but vishnu take birth aswell as death so no a question of compare.
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Who is Radha in her previous birth?

Radha was born as the daughter of Vrishbhanu and his wife Kirti. However, she was not born from the womb of her mother. It is said that only after the birth of the baby girl, did Radha enter the body of this girl. Because of not having born from the womb, Radha is also known as Ayonija.
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