Amshavatara, 础峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补, Amsha-avatara: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 础峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补 can be transliterated into English as Amsavatara or Amshavatara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Anshavtar.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia础峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补 (啶呧啶多ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ).鈥擳he incarnation of God on earth is called 补惫补迟腻谤补. When the incarnation is only partial, that is, when only some of the divine elements incarnate, it is called a峁兣浤乿at膩ra (A峁兣沘=part). Chapters 54 to 64 of 膧di Parva of the Mah膩bh膩rata give us a list of the gods who have incarnated partially. The following list of devas and their a峁兣浤乿at膩ras is based upon the account given in the fourth Skandha of 艢r墨 Mah膩dev墨 Bh膩gavata.
Name of the god 鈥� Name of the a峁兣浤乿at膩ra;
Ka艣yapa 鈥� Vasudeva;
膧di艣e峁 鈥� Balabhadra;
N膩r膩ya峁嘺r峁 鈥� 艢r墨 K峁涐梗峁嘺;
Yamadharma 鈥� Yudhi峁ａ弓hira;
A艣vin墨devas 鈥� Nakula and Sahadeva;
Dharma 鈥� Vidura;
艢iva 鈥� A艣vatth膩m膩;
Gandharvar膩ja 鈥� Devaka;
A峁ａ弓avasu 鈥� Bh墨峁a;
Marudga峁嘺 K峁沺a; 鈥� K峁泃avarm膩;
Aditi 鈥� Devak墨;
Narar峁 鈥� Arjuna;
V膩yu 鈥� Bh墨masena;
S奴rya 鈥� Kar峁嘺;
B峁沨aspati 鈥� Dro峁嘺;
Varu峁嘺 鈥� 艢antanu;
Marut 鈥� Vir膩峁璦;
Ha峁僺a 鈥� Dh峁泃ar膩峁ａ弓ra;
Dv膩para 鈥� 艢akuni;
P膩vaka 鈥� Dh峁涐梗峁璦dyumna;
Kali 鈥� Duryodhana;
R膩k峁sa 鈥� 艢ikha峁囜笉墨;
Varu峁嘺 鈥� Drupada;
Vi艣vedevas 鈥� Sons of P膩帽c膩l墨;
Dh峁泃i 鈥� M膩dr墨;
Vipracitti 鈥� Jar膩sandha;
Hayagr墨va 鈥� Ke艣i;
B膩峁ala 鈥� Bhagadatta;
Lamba 鈥� Pralamba;
Sanatkum膩ra 鈥� Pradyumna;
Lak峁墨 鈥� P膩帽c膩l墨;
Siddhi 鈥� Kunt墨;
Mati 鈥� G膩ndh膩r墨;
Jaya 鈥� Hira峁噛膩k峁;
Vijaya 鈥� Hira峁噛aka艣ipu;
Hira峁噛膩k峁 鈥� R膩va峁嘺;
Hira峁噛aka艣ipu 鈥� Kumbhakar峁嘺;
R膩va峁嘺 鈥� 艢i艣up膩la;
Kumbhakar峁嘺 鈥� Da峁囜笉avaktra;
Prahl膩da 鈥� 艢alya;
K膩lanemi 鈥� Ka峁僺a;
Anuhl膩da 鈥� Dh峁涐梗峁璦ketu;
Khara 鈥� Dhenuka.
(For more details see under the word, AVAT膧RA).
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhita础峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补 (啶呧啶多ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ) refers to鈥擯artial incarnations.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarya峁兣浤乿at膩ra (啶呧啶多ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ).鈥攎 (S) A descent or incarnation of an emanation from the divine essence;--as disting. from 辫奴谤峁嚹乿补迟腻谤补.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补 (啶呧啶多ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ).鈥擺峁. ta.] descent (on earth) of parts of deities, partial incarnation; 掳啶むぞ啶� 啶囙さ 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶膏啶� (t膩ra iva dharmasya) Da艣akum膩racarita 153; 掳啶班ぎ啶苦さ 啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶むじ啷嵿く (ramiva k峁泃膩ntasya) K.31; 掳啶夃啷嵿啷堗啶多啶班さ啶膏 (耻肠肠补颈岣ヅ况补惫补蝉补岣�) 79; so 啶呧啶多ぞ啶掂い啷�啶班啶｀ぎ啶苦さ (补峁兣浤乿补迟墨谤峁嘺尘颈惫补) 18; Name of a sub-parvan covering Adhy膩yas 64-67 of 膧diparvan of Mb. Even without the compound 啶呧啶� (补峁兣沘) means partial incarnation, 啶呧啶�, 啶嗋さ啷囙ざ (补峁兣沘, 膩ve艣a), and 啶呧さ啶むぞ啶� (补惫补迟腻谤补) are the three kinds of Lord's manifestations.
Derivable forms: 补峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补岣� (啶呧啶多ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ啶�).
础峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 补峁兣沘 and 补惫补迟腻谤补 (啶呧さ啶むぞ啶�). See also (synonyms): 补峁兣浤乿补迟补谤补峁嘺.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary础峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补 (啶呧啶多ぞ啶掂い啶距ぐ) [Also spelled anshavtar]:鈥�(nm) a partial incarnation.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus础峁兣浤乿补迟腻谤补 (嗖呧矀嗖多簿嗖掂菠嗖距舶):鈥擺noun] a partial incarnation of a deity on the earth in a human form .
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Avatara, Amsha.
Starts with: Amshavatarana.
Full-text: Anshavtar, Avatara, Mohini, Amshavatarana, Dashavatara, Amrithamantha, Mahisha, Hamsa, Vyasa.
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Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas (by Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad)
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati D膩sa)
Verse 2.169 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord鈥檚 Manifestation at the House of 艢r墨v膩sa and the Inauguration of Sa峁卥墨rtana]
Verse 1.2.17 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord鈥檚 Appearance]
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.11.10 < [Chapter 11 - Description of 艢r墨 K峁涐梗峁嘺candra鈥檚 Birth]
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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