Who Is Sri Dattatreya?

[yagna_narayana]

I have a question regd who is Sri Dattatreya and which Yuga he belongs? What is the purpose of his Avatara on the earth? Any one knows, please post reply.

 

And also I heard there are certain avataras for Dattatreya. 1. Mankiya Prabhu

2. Nrisimha Saraswati 3. Akkalkota Swamy/Shirdi Sai baba.

 

Except Sai baba, I havent that much knowledge of others. Has any one has reportoir of their "mahima"s and their Period of existence?

[suchandra]

 

I have a question regd who is Sri Dattatreya and which Yuga he belongs? What is the purpose of his Avatara on the earth? Any one knows, please post reply.

 

And also I heard there are certain avataras for Dattatreya. 1. Mankiya Prabhu

2. Nrisimha Saraswati 3. Akkalkota Swamy/Shirdi Sai baba.

 

Except Sai baba, I havent that much knowledge of others. Has any one has reportoir of their "mahima"s and their Period of existence?

The book Dattatreyabalakrida by Sharangadhar (or Shrangadeva) poet is written as a conversation between Asit and Deval. This book describes the birth story of Shri Dattatreya in Badrikasharama in Tretayuga.

 

source: http://www.ldss.org.in/datta/places/places.html