अवतार
Hindi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [əvˈt̪a(ː)ɾ]
Noun
अवतार • (avtār) m (Urdu spelling اوتار)
- (Hinduism) an incarnation; incarnation of a deity, descent to the world
- अवतार लेना ― avtār lenā ― to incarnate
Declension
Declension of अवतार (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अवतार avtār |
अवतार avtār |
| oblique | अवतार avtār |
अवतारों avtārõ |
| vocative | अवतार avtār |
अवतारो avtāro |
Marathi
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अवतार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Old Gujarati
Alternative forms
- अवतारु (avatāru)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- অৱতাৰ (Assamese script)
- অবতার (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪𑰝𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯𑀢𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- અવતાર (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵਤਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦮꦠꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- អវតារ (Khmer script)
- ಅವತಾರ (Kannada script)
- ອວຕາຣ (Lao script)
- അവതാര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘪𑘝𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᢐᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- အဝတာရ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧊𑦽𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰𑐟𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଅଵତାର (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢮꢡꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮𑆠𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪𑖝𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- අවතාර (Sinhalese script)
- అవతార (Telugu script)
- อวตาร (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ་ཏཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫𑒞𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
अव- (ava-, “down”) + तार (tāra, “across”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“off, away”) + *terh₂- (“to cross over”).
Noun
अवतार • (ava-tāra) m
- avatar: descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Vishnu in ten principal forms, namely the fish tortoise, boar, man lion, dwarf, the two Ramas, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki)
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- Madanaś chala|caurāṇāṃ / strī|vacanaṃ jñāti|bhedānām
- krūraś caṇḍālānāṃ / †māyāvī kali|yug’|âvatārāṇām†;
- The God of love among sneaky thieves, / women’s words among dividers of kinsmen,
- a cruel one among chandálas, / a necromancer among those incarnated / in the age of darkness;
- any new and unexpected appearance
- any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an avatāra or incarnation of a deity
- opportunity of catching any one
- a तीर्थ (tīrtha) or sacred place
- translation
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of अवतार | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | अवतारः (avatāraḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | अवतारस्य (avatārasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अवतारः (avatāraḥ) | अवतारौ (avatārau) | अवताराः (avatārāḥ) |
| Vocative | अवतार (avatāra) | अवतारौ (avatārau) | अवताराः (avatārāḥ) |
| Accusative | अवतारम् (avatāram) | अवतारौ (avatārau) | अवतारान् (avatārān) |
| Instrumental | अवतारेण (avatāreṇa) | अवताराभ्याम् (avatārābhyām) | अवतारैः (avatāraiḥ) |
| Dative | अवताराय (avatārāya) | अवताराभ्याम् (avatārābhyām) | अवतारेभ्यः (avatārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | अवतारात् (avatārāt) | अवताराभ्याम् (avatārābhyām) | अवतारेभ्यः (avatārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | अवतारस्य (avatārasya) | अवतारयोः (avatārayoḥ) | अवताराणाम् (avatārāṇām) |
| Locative | अवतारे (avatāre) | अवतारयोः (avatārayoḥ) | अवतारेषु (avatāreṣu) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अवतार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0099.
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