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===In Sikhism===
24 avatars of [[Vishnu]] are mentioned in Bachitar Natak's composition in [[Dasam Granth]], the second scripture of [[Sikh]]ism written by [[Guru Gobind Singh]]:<ref name="Dasam Granth Sahib"/>

{{Columns-list|colwidth=18em|
# Mach ([[Matsya]])
# Kach ([[Kurma]])
# Nara (Nara in [[Nara-Narayana]])
# Narayan (Narayana in [[Nara-Narayana]])
# Maha Mohini ([[Mohini]])
# Bairaha ([[Varaha]])
# Nar Singha ([[Narasimha]])
# Baman ([[Vamana]])
# Parshuram ([[Parashurama]])
# Bramma ([[Brahma]])
# Balram ([[Balarama]])
# Jalandhar ([[Jalandhara]])
# Bishan ([[Vishnu]])
# Sheshayi ([[Shesha]])
# Arihant Dev ([[Arihant (Jainism)|Arihant]]a)
# Manu Raja ([[Manu (Hinduism)|Manu]])
# Dhanvantari ([[Dhanvantari]])
# Suraj ([[Surya]])
# Chandar ([[Chandra]])
# Ram ([[Rama]])
# Kishan ([[Krishna]])
# Nar ([[Arjuna]])
# Rudra ([[Shiva|Shiv]])
# Kalki ([[Kalki]])
}}

The [[Guru Granth Sahib]] reverentially includes the names of numerous Hindu deities, including Vishnu avatars such as Krishna, Hari, and Rama, as well those of Devi as Durga.<ref>Torkel Brekke (2014), Religion, War, and Ethics: A Sourcebook of Textual Traditions (Editors: Gregory M. Reichberg and Henrik Syse), Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|978-0521450386}}, pages 673, 675, 672–686;<br />Christopher Shackle and Arvind Mandair (2005), Teachings of the Sikh Gurus, Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0415266048}}, pages xxxiv–xli</ref><ref>SS Kapoor and MK Kapoor (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8-h8ptzp0lUC&pg=PA17 Composition 8, 9 and 10], ''Dasam Granth'', Hemkunt, {{ISBN|9788170103257}}, pages 15–16</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Pashaura Singh|author2=Norman Gerald Barrier|author3=W. H. McLeod|title=Sikhism and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xY_XAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-566708-0|pages=136–147}}</ref>

[[Dasam Granth]] has three major compositions, one each dedicated to avatars of Vishnu (Chaubis avatar) and Brahma.<ref name="Dasam Granth Sahib">SS Kapoor and MK Kapoor (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8-h8ptzp0lUC&pg=PA17 Composition 8, 9 and 10], ''Dasam Granth'', Hemkunt, {{ISBN|9788170103257}}, pages 16–17</ref><ref>J Deol (2000), Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity (Editors: AS Mandair, C Shackle, G Singh), Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0700713899}}, pages 31–33</ref> However, Sikhism rejects the doctrine of savior incarnation, and only accepts the abstract ''nirguna'' formless god.<ref name=enesbittavatar>{{cite book|author=Eleanor Nesbitt|title=Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ai-rpcY-rrgC |year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-157806-9 |pages=16, 24–25 }}</ref><ref name=wocoleavatar>{{cite book|author=William Owen Cole|title=Understanding Sikhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJnXAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Dunedin Academic|isbn=978-1-903765-15-9|pages=47–49}}</ref> The Sikh Gurus endorsed the view of Hindu Bhakti movement saints such as [[Namdev]] (≈1270 – 1350 CE) that formless eternal god is within the human heart and man is his own savior.<ref name=enesbittavatar/><ref>{{cite book|author=Pashaura Singh|editor=Mark Juergensmeyer and Wade Clark Roof|title=Encyclopedia of Global Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwJzAwAAQBAJ |year=2011|publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-4522-6656-5 |pages=138 }}</ref>