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Dear SrI RanganAthan:
 
BuddhAvathAram is not to be included in the DasAvathAram.
 
BalarAmAvatharam however has a legitimate place among the ten
avathArams of SrIman NaarAyaNa.
 
Adhi Sankara , AchArya RaamAnuja , MadhvAchArya have
rejected Bhuddha matham ( Bhouddham) as an avadhika
matham that is untenable from their own perspectives .
 
Swamy Desikan in His Para Matha Bhangam and SarvArTa Siddhi
has provided the most logical refutation of the doctrines advocated
by Buddha. Hence the issue of Buddha being one of the 10 
avathArams of SrIman NaarAyaNa does not arise.  
 
Swamy Desikan's case against all the four kinds of Bhouddham
has been covered in the recently concluded  postings on
Para Matha Bhangam (Desika Prabhandham series). 
 
BalarAmAvathAram:
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VishNu PurANam (amsa 5) , SrImad BhAgavatham ,
MahA BhAratham , Brahama , Agni , Koorma ,
VarAha and Brahma Vaivartha PurANams
salute the BalarAmaavathAram as one of
the DasAvathArams.
 
BalarAma is the 7th child of King VasudEva and DEvaki.
Their 8th Child was exchanged with the VishNu Maayaa
( the girl child ), the daughter  of  YasOdha in the middle of
the night . BalarAma was trasferred secretly shortly
before his birth from the womb of Devaki to that of
RohiNi in Gokulam to keep him away from destruction
by Kamsa .
 
Swamy  Desikan has saluted BalarAmaavathAram
in the 9th slOkam of His DasAvathAra SthOthram.
He calls the joint leelais of BlarAman and KrishNan
as Sugar mixed with MIlk in BhOgyam (Ksheeram
SarkarayA iva). In this slOkam , Swamy  Desikan
says that BalarAman ( the stronger Raaman) never
left his little brother KrishNa( apruTak bhUtha).
Of their joint leelais as children and grown ups
in KamsA's court , Swamy  Desikan says:
" ThAlangasya vihrudhaya: bhadhrANi na: tanavanthu/
May BalarAmAs' leelAs bless us with all auspiciousness).
 
AzhwArs have also sung about BalarAma .Other members
on the list might wish to cover those Paasurams .
 
There is no question therefore about the authenticity
of BalarAma as one of the 10 avathArams of SrIman NaarAyaNa.
The best proof is at DasAvathAra Sannidhi constructed by
Thirumangai AzhwAr at SrIrangam .
 
V.Sadagopan   

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