Avatri, Ava�: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ava� can be transliterated into English as Avatr or Avatri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAva� (अवतृ).�1 P.
1) To descend, alight, come down; रथादवतता� � (rathādavatatāra ca) R.1.54,13.68; वसन् ददर्शावतरन्तमम्बरात् (vasan dadarśāvatarantamambarāt) Śiśupālavadha 1. 1; यमुनातटमवतीर्णः (ⲹܲٲṭaīṇa�) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; मेघपदवीमवतीर्णौ स्वः (meghapadavīmīṇau sva�) Ś.7; कदैतदव�- रिष्यत� चक्र� मस्तकात् (kadaitadavata- riṣyati cakra� mastakāt) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5; (fig. also) इत� मतिरेव � बो�- पदवीमवतरति (iti matireva na bodha- padavīmavatarati) K.289 fails to see; वागे� मे नाभिधेयविषयम�- तरति त्रपया (vāgeva me nābhidheyaviṣayamava- tarati trapayā) 151 I eannot speak for very shame.
2) To flow or run into, discharge contents, join (as a river); सागर� वर्जयित्वा कुत्� वा महानद्यवतरति (sāgara� varjayitvā kutra vā mahānadyavatarati) Ś.3; see अवतीर्� (īṇa) also.
3) To enter, to enter into, to come to; अवतरतः सिद्धिपथ� शब्द� स्वमनोरथस्ये� (avatarata� siddhipatha� śabda� svamanorathasyeva) M.1.22; Śiśupālavadha 9.32; त्वदीयं देशमवतीर्� (tvadīya� deśamavatīrya) M.5.
4) To begin, commence; अवतरतु भवान� (avataratu bhavān) Daśakumāracarita 152; तत्प्रेयसीमाहू� सङ्गीतकमवतराम� (tatpreyasīmāhūya saṅgītakamavatarāmi) ٳū.1.
5) To present oneself, appear forth, come; प्रसभमवतता� चित्तजन्मा (prasabhamavatatāra cittajanmā) Ki. 1.17.
6) To discend (as a deity) into the world in the form of a mortal; शापावतीर्� (ś屹īṇa) Kathāsaritsāgara 2.21; मुनिकन्य� � सा शापात्तस्यां जाताववातरत� (munikanyā ca sā śāpāttasyā� jātāvavātarat) 2.31; Rāj. T.1.13;5.66; विष्णु रेवावतीर्णोऽस� (viṣṇu revāvatīrṇo'sau) Mārk. P.
7) To get over, subdue, conquer; अवतीर्णोऽस्म� यद्रोगमतिदुस्तरम� (avatīrṇo'smi yadrogamatidustaram) Kathāsaritsāgara 21.194; अव तस्य बल� ति� (ava tasya bala� tira) ṻ岹 1.133.5.
8) To cross over; त्वयावतीर्णोर्� उताप्तकामः (tvayāvatīrṇorṇa utāptakāma�) Bhāgavata 3.24.34. -Caus.
1) To cause to descend, bring or fetch down; मार्गे कथंचिदवतार्य (mārge kathaṃcidavatārya) Mu.3.9; स्थात्, वृक्षात्, शूलाग्रात् (sthāt, vṛkṣāt, śūlāgrāt) &c.
2) To take down, put or set down अवतारय सलिलसमीपम� (avatāraya salilasamīpam) K.38; मात्रा� कक्षान्तरादवतार्� (mātrā� kakṣāntarādavatārya) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; स्वभुजाद�- तारिता (svabhujādava- tāritā) R.1.34; अवतार्यतां रथ� (avatāryatā� ratha�) V.1.
3) To take off, remove, withdraw, put aside; स्वगात्रादवतार्य भूषणान� (svagātrādavatārya bhūṣaṇāni) Mu. 2,5; अथाङ्गराजादवतार्� चक्षुः (athāṅgarājādavatārya cakṣu�) R.6.3, अथोरुदेशादवतार्य पादम� (athorudeśādavatārya pādam) Kumārasambhava 3.11, Śiśupālavadha 9.36.
4) To bring downwards.
5) To bend down.
6) To introduce, set a-going, make current, begin; ते� विद्यावतारित� (tena vidyāvatāritā) Rāj. T.4.485; तत्र तय� सत्रेऽवतारित� (tatra tayā satre'vatārite) 2.58.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAva� (अवतृ).—come down, descend ([especially] from heaven to earth, ±ī), alight; betake one’s self from ([ablative]) to ([accusative]); take place, happen; overcome, surpass. [Causative] make descend, lead or bring (down) from ([ablative]) to ([accusative] or [locative]); remove, take off, avert from ([ablative]); introduce, establish.
Ava� is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and � (तृ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvat� (अवतॄ):—[=-√t�] [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] -tarati (perf. -ٲ, 3. [plural] -ٱ�; Inf. -taritum e.g. [Harivaṃśa 3511] or -tartum e.g. [Mahābhārata i, 2509; Rāmāyaṇa vii, 30, 12]; [indeclinable participle] -īⲹ)
—to descend into ([locative case] or [accusative]), alight from, alight ([ablative]), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā];
—to descend (as a deity) in becoming incarnate, [Mahābhārata];
—to betake one’s self to ([accusative]), arrive at, [Mahābhārata];
—to make one’s appearance, arrive, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];
—to be in the right place, to fit, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya];
—to undertake: [Vedic or Veda] [class] 6. [Parasmaipada] (Imper. 2. sg. -tira; [imperfect tense] -atirat, 2. sg. -atiras, 2. [dual number] -atiratam; [Aorist] 2. sg. -ī)
—to overcome, overpower, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] : [Vedic or Veda] [class] 4. (p. fem. -īⲹī) to sink, [Atharva-veda xix, 9, 8] :—[Causal] -ⲹپ ([indeclinable participle] -ⲹ) to make or let one descend, bring or fetch down ([accusative] or [locative case]) from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to take down, take off, remove, turn away from ([ablative] [Raghuvaṃśa vi, 30]), [ib.];—‘to set a-going, render current� See -ٲ below;
—to descend (?), [Atharva-veda vii, 107, 1.]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ava� (अवतृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avayara, Oara, Orasa, Osara, Oha.
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