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minus-squareAnExerciseInFalling@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-222 hours agoFrom the avatar wiki: The term “Avatar” comes from the Sanskrit word avatāraḥ (अवतारः), which means “descent”. In Hinduism, Vishnu manifests himself as an avatar to restore balance on earth, during a period of imbalance. And there’s a lot of overlap with Hindi Avatars in general: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar. So pretty apt if you ask me
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoGotcha. I was only familiar with the avatars if the digital form.
From the avatar wiki:
And there’s a lot of overlap with Hindi Avatars in general: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar.
So pretty apt if you ask me
Gotcha. I was only familiar with the avatars if the digital form.