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highest stage of moksha sees his followers in trouble, in order to remove their troubles, he takes an avatar. The Christians believe that for the good of the sinful descendants of man, God sent his Son Christ on the earth.
The Jains believe that after attaining liberation nobody comes back in this world, in as much as the causes of possessing body are good and bad karmas. On the attainment of moksha all karmas are destroyed. For this reason the Jainas do not believe that a soul after attainment of moksha takes an avatar.
It has been described above how the Jainas believe in arhats.
The followers of Vedas, Smritis, and Purans believe Bramha, Vishnu and Maheshwar to be the avatars of God. Some of them believe in 24 avatars of God such as machh, sukar, kachhu, narsingh etc. The others believe Patanjali, Shankar Swami, Ramanuja and others to be the avatars of God. Wherever there is any renowned
