The most popular list based on Jayadeva’s 12th-century song, Gita Govinda, has ten: Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vaman, Parashuram, Ram, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki. In the Bhagavata Purana, there are twenty-two avatars. The other twelve are: Chatursana, Narada, Nara-Narayana, Kapila, Dattatreya, Yagna, Rishabha, Prithu, Dhanvantari, Mohini, Vyasa and Balarama. Others included in the list of avatars are: Hamsa and Hayagriva.
