From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 02:33:45 +0100 (BST)
Nils Weinander:
> Again with an eye on the Red Emperor debate, I think that if > a mortal takes on aspects of a deity it's a case of heroforming, > while a god who forms a body out of whole cloth makes an avatar.
So, Krishna's _not_ an avatar, then, since his body was made by
'usual method'? Surely this just proves that the means can be
as indirect-seeming as one wishes?