1.Matsya, the fish, manifested in the Satya Yuga.
2.Kurma, the tortoise, incarnated in the Satya Yuga.
3.Varaha, the boar, appeared in the Satya Yuga.
4.Narasimha, the half-man/half-lion emerged in the Satya Yuga.
5.Vamana, the dwarf, showed up in the Treta Yuga.
6.Parashurama, or Rama with the axe, materialized in the Treta Yuga.
7.Rama, Ramachandra, the prince and king of Ayodhya, ruled in the Treta Yuga.
8.Krishna ('dark coloured' or 'all attractive') manifested in the Dwapara Yuga. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Balarama is said to have appeared along with Krishna as an incarnation of Ananta Shesha; the thousand-headed snake regarded as the symbol of eternity on which Vishnu sleeps throughout periods of dissolution of the world.
9.Gautama Buddha (or 'the enlightened one') appeared in the Kali Yuga as Siddhartha Gautama.
10.Kalki (meaning eternity or destroyer of foulness) is expected to appear at the end of Kali Yuga, the current time period which will end in the year 428899 CE.
