Vaishnavism and avatara doctrine

The early history of Vaishnavism is characterised by the evolution and merging of three cults: Vishnu, Narayana and Krishna-Vasudeva. The initial merging of Narayana with Vishnu ended with their identification with Krishna-Vasudeva. Vishnu appears as one of the Sun gods in the Rigveda. Its predominance in Vaishnavism was a late development probably dating to the 4th -5th centuries CE. This is evident from the fact that the Mahabharata generally speaks of the supreme deity as Narayana and very rarely as Vishnu. Narayana most likely was a __________ ___ _________ ___ ______ _____ _____ __________ _____ _____ __________.
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