Puruṣa-avatāras—the primary expansions of Lord Viṣṇu who effect the creation, maintenance and destruction of the material universes.

Purusa-avataras-the primary expansions of Lord Visnu who effect the creation, maintenance and destruction of the material universes.
 

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