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Kurma

The tortoise avatar whose shell holds up Mount Mandara while gods and demons churn the ocean of milk. Its own cycle will consolidate the Kurma Purana and the Akupara-to-Vishnu shift; the churning itself is recorded under samudra-manthan.

Sources: Dashavatara — Wikipedia; Samudra Manthana — Wikipedia · see Kurma's web

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