avatāra | अवतार | avatAra
ava-tāra | अव-तार | m. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 120) descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Viṣṇu in ten principal forms, viz. the fish tortoise, boar, man lion, dwarf, the two Rāmas, Kṛṣṇa, Buddha, and Kalki, MBh. xii, 12941 seqq.)
any new and unexpected appearance, Ragh. iii, 36 & v, 24, &c., (any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an Avatāra or incarnation of a deity)
opportunity of catching any one, Buddh.
a Tīrtha or sacred place, L.
translation, L.
(acc. with √ laB | लB |, ‘to get an opportunity’), Divyāv.
any new and unexpected appearance, Ragh. iii, 36 & v, 24, &c., (any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an Avatāra or incarnation of a deity)
opportunity of catching any one, Buddh.
a Tīrtha or sacred place, L.
translation, L.
(acc. with √ laB | लB |, ‘to get an opportunity’), Divyāv.