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*an incarnation of a Hindu deity in human or animal form, especially one of the incarnations of Vishnu such as Rama and Krishna

*embodiment of something - somebody who embodies, personifies, or is the manifestation of an idea or concept

*an image of a person in a virtual reality - computing a movable three-dimensional image that can be used to represent somebody in cyberspace, for example, an internet user

(from an english encarta dictionary)