Gautama Buddha is mentioned as an Avatar of Vishnu in the Puranic texts of Hinduism. In the Bhagavata Purana he is twenty fourth of twenty five avatars, prefiguring a forthcoming final incarnation. A number of Hindu traditions portray Buddha as the most recent of ten principal avatars, known as the "Dasavatara" (Ten Incarnations of God). However, Siddhartha Gautama's teachings do not confirm the existence of the Creator God and consequently Buddhism falls under one of the nāstika (heterodox, literally "It is not so") schools according to other Dharmic schools, such as Dvaita. Other schools, such as Advaita, are very similar to Buddhism in nature and philosophy. Due to the diversity of traditions within Hinduism there is no specific viewpoint or consensus on Buddha's exact position in reference to the Vedic tradition. According to popular Hindu beliefs, in the age of Kali Yuga the general populace become more ignorant in regards to spiritual values and religious life. There is a belief that at the time of Buddha's arrival many of the Brahmins in India were abusing the Vedic system for their own selfish purposes, and were especially involved in needless animal sacrifices, and that as a result Buddha appeared as an avatar to readdress the balance.