Boar avatar of Vishnu, Cave V at Udayagiri, India, around 400. Vishnu is 12'8" high.
(just for fun) Seated Buddha preaching the first sermon, from Sarnath, India, 5th century. Stele, sandstone, 63" high. Archaeological Museum, Sarnath.
An avatar is a manifestation of a deity incarnated in some visible form in which the deity performs a sacred function on earth; the number of avatars a deity has varies, with Vishnu usually having ten, or sometimes twenty-nine. (Gardner)
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