avatāra (mn)
Meanings
- a Tirtha or sacred place
- any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an Avatāra or incarnation of a deity
- any new and unexpected appearance
- appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Viṣṇu in ten principal forms)
- descent (especially of a deity from heaven)
- opportunity of catching any one
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