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The half man-half lion avatar, who killed the tyrant demon-king Hiranyakashipu

  1. Matsya

  2. Kurma

  3. Varaha

  4. Narasimha
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Explanation

Narasimha is the correct answer - he is the half man-half lion avatar of Vishnu who killed the demon-king Hiranyakashipu. Hiranyakashipu had a boon that made him nearly invincible, but Narasimha (neither man nor beast, killed him at neither day nor night, on a threshold, etc.) fulfilled the conditions to bypass the boon. Matsya is the fish avatar, Kurma is the tortoise, and Varaha is the boar avatar.

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