KALKYAVATÁRA,
or
Kalkí-Incarnation.

At the close of the Kali Yuga, in the tenth of the light half of the month of Vaisákha, this birth will take place in the family of the Bráh­man Vishṇuyasas from the womb of his wife Yaśovatí in the town of Sam­bhala.*

They say that a time will come when a just prince will not be left upon the earth, iniquity will abound, grain become excessively dear, and the age of men will become shortened so that they will not live beyond thirty years, and deaths will be rife. For the remedy of these disorders, the Deity will become incarnate and renew the world in righteousness.

Some add fourteen other Avatáras, making them twenty-four, and have written works on the histories of each, relating many extraordinary legends.

Many men fashion images of these Avatáras in silver and gold and worship them, but the Jainas and Buddhas do not believe in the complete incarnations (Púrṇávatáras).