Namaste HLK,
Sri Rama is said to be born with 14 kala Sampurna of Sri Vishnu and some say because of this he is not purnavatara. Whereas many say Sri Krishna is born with 16 Kala Sampurna of Sri Vishnu and hence he is poornavatara.
Here is another definition of why Rama and Krishna are purnavatara:
"There are three kinds of incarnations. They are: (1) Purnavatara (full incarnation). When the God manifests himself in the form of a human being for the full span of life, this is known as purnavatara. The examples of this kind are Sri Rama, Sri Krishna, Veda Vyasa, etc. (2) Amsavatara (partial incarnation): When the incarnation is only partial, i.e. the activity of such manifestation is limited to a particular time, place or incident. Vamana, Varaha, Narasimha, Kurma, and Matsya, avatar fall in this category. (3) Avesavatara - Avesa means overshadowing. The example of this kind is Parasurama incarnation. When Sri Rama married Sita and was returning from Mithila, he was accosted by Parasurama and challenged to a duel, where it is said that after bending Vishnu’s bow, Vishnu’s influence in Parasurama passed to Sri Rama. Thereafter Parasurama is said to be no longer an avatara. In this case, Vishnu’s influence that overshadowed the soul of Parasurama, passed on to Sri Rama, leaving Parasurama a mere rishi (sage). This is clearly a case of avesa or overshadowing."
And you get many results like this when you type the string 'Purnavatara Rama Krishna' in google.
Pranam,
Viraja
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