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(Skt., ‘black’, ‘dark’). A composite figure in Hinduism, becoming eventually the eighth and most celebrated
avat
ra
(incarnation) of
Vi
u
. In the
g Veda
, the name appears, but is not connected with divinity. The transformation of K
a appears to have been a part of a longing (expressed in
Bh
gavata Pur
a
) for a more personal than philosophical focus for religious devotion and progress: according to 1. 3. 27,
K
as tu bhagav
n svayam