In Hinduism, an avatar' (/ˈæv.ə.tɑːr/; Hindustani: [əʋt̪aːr]; from Sanskrit avatāra अवतार in the Devanagari script, meaning "descent") is a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being (i.e., Vishnu for Vaishnavites) and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation," but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation".
The term is most often associated with Vishnu, though it has also come to be associated with other deities. Varying lists of avatars of Vishnu appear in Hindu scriptures, including the ten Dashavatara of the Garuda Purana and the twenty-two avatars in the Bhagavata Purana, though the latter adds that the incarnations of Vishnu are innumerable. The avatars of Vishnu are a primary component of Vaishnavism. An early reference to avatar, and to avatar doctrine, is in the Bhagavad Gita.
Shiva and Ganesha are also described as descending in the form of avatars. The various manifestations of Devi, the Divine Mother principal in Hinduism, are also described as avatars or incarnations by some scholars and followers of Shaktism. The avatars of Vishnu carry a greater theological prominence than those of other deities, which some scholars perceive to be imitative of the Vishnu avatar lists.
The Stranger or Stranger may refer to:
Fly out of your cage
Leave eighteen years of pain behind
And feel the wind under your wings
Victim of life, you’re free now
Breathe the clean air – sweet smell of death
Sundown is here – Another one rises
Pain, sweet pain
You’re too much for me
Pain, sweet pain
You’ll set me free
Nothing is to stay
You wander on
You couldn’t wait
Please wait for me
I ask the stars:
Where have you gone?
What’s in the next world?
Will we ever meet again?
Like a bird flying to the moon
You never reached it - Your hunger was your doom
Doomed to live or forced to die
In this cage you were entrapped
What did you see when your dreams held you wake?
What did you say to the ghosts in your head?
Pain, sweet pain
You’re too much for me
Pain, sweet pain
You’ll set me free
You drowned in your own blood and tears
Once you have jumped there is no way back
All these illusions, trying to make it right
But it feels wrong, wrong to say goodbye
My beloved stranger – Nobody knew what happened
I hope you can tell me later
I don’t mourn your death – I just don’t know why
You were always close but still so far away
Pain, sweet pain
You’re too much for me
Pain, sweet pain
You’ll set me free
Nothing is to stay
You wander on
You couldn’t wait
Please wait for me
I ask the stars:
Where have you gone?
What’s in the next world?