Name the widely referenced Hindu god and eighth incarnation of Vishnu, from Sankrit meaning 'black'?
Vishnu Puran (TV series) and schools then Lord Vishnu incarnated Himself as Parshuram and then the seventh incarnation as Rama. To relieve the world from the injustice of Kans and Kauravas Lord Vishnu took the eighth incarnation as Lord Krishna. And in recent times, when deception was at its zenith when the priests had spread the evils of superstitions in the society, the Lord Vishnu took the ninth incarnation - of Lord Gautama Buddha - to give a new direction of non-violence to the world. Whereas Balarama is worshiped in southern regions of India as the eight avatar, with Krishna as ninth, in distinction
Incarnation (soul). Neither the Vedas nor the Principal Upanishads ever mentions the word "avatar" as a noun. The verb roots and form, such as "avatarana", do appear in ancient post-Vedic Hindu texts, but as "action of descending", but not as an incarnated person (avatara). The related verb "avatarana" is, states Paul Hacker, used with double meaning, one as action of the divine descending, another as "laying down the burden of man" suffering from the forces of evil. The term is most commonly found in the context of the Hindu god Vishnu. The earliest mention of Vishnu manifested in a human form