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"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "অবতার"
},
"expansion": "Bengali: অবতার (obotar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bengali: অবতার (obotar)"
},
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"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "gu",
"2": "અવતાર"
},
"expansion": "Gujarati: અવતાર (avatār)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gujarati: અવતાર (avatār)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "अवतार"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: अवतार (avtār)\n→ English: avatar, avatara; Avator\n→ Japanese: アバター\n→ French: avatar",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: अवतार (avtār)\n→ English: avatar, avatara; Avator\n→ Japanese: アバター\n→ French: avatar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಅವತಾರ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಅವತಾರ (avatāra)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಅವತಾರ (avatāra)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "അവതാരം",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: അവതാരം (avatāraṁ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: അവതാരം (avatāraṁ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "अवतार"
},
"expansion": "Marathi: अवतार (avtār)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Marathi: अवतार (avtār)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "အဝတာရ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: အဝတာရ (a.wa.tara.)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: အဝတာရ (a.wa.tara.)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "awatāra",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Javanese: awatāra\n→ Balinese: ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara)\n→ Indonesian: awatara",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Javanese: awatāra\n→ Balinese: ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara)\n→ Indonesian: awatara"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਅਵਤਾਰ"
},
"expansion": "Punjabi: ਅਵਤਾਰ (avatār)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Punjabi: ਅਵਤਾਰ (avatār)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "அவதாரம்",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: அவதாரம் (avatāram)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: அவதாரம் (avatāram)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "అవతారము",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: అవతారము (avatāramu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: అవతారము (avatāramu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "อวตาร",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "اوتار",
"tr": "avatār"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: اوتار (avatār)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: اوتار (avatār)"
}
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"10": "",
"2": "अव",
"3": "तार",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"alt1": "",
"alt10": "",
"alt2": "",
"alt3": "",
"alt4": "",
"alt5": "",
"alt6": "",
"alt7": "",
"alt8": "",
"alt9": "",
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"g10": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"g4": "",
"g5": "",
"g6": "",
"g7": "",
"g8": "",
"g9": "",
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"id10": "",
"id2": "",
"id3": "",
"id4": "",
"id5": "",
"id6": "",
"id7": "",
"id8": "",
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"lang3": "",
"lang4": "",
"lang5": "",
"lang6": "",
"lang7": "",
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"pos1": "",
"pos10": "",
"pos2": "",
"pos3": "",
"pos4": "",
"pos5": "",
"pos6": "",
"pos7": "",
"pos8": "",
"pos9": "",
"t1": "down",
"t10": "",
"t2": "across",
"t3": "",
"t4": "",
"t5": "",
"t6": "",
"t7": "",
"t8": "",
"t9": "",
"tr1": "áva",
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"tr2": "",
"tr3": "",
"tr4": "",
"tr5": "",
"tr6": "",
"tr7": "",
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},
"expansion": "अव (áva, “down”) + तार (tāra, “across”)",
"name": "com"
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"2": "अव",
"3": "तार",
"t1": "down",
"t2": "across",
"tr1": "áva"
},
"expansion": "Compound of अव (áva, “down”) + तार (tāra, “across”)",
"name": "com+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compound of अव (áva, “down”) + तार (tāra, “across”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ávatāra",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारः",
"roman": "ávatāraḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारौ",
"roman": "ávatārau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारा1",
"roman": "ávatārā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराः",
"roman": "ávatārāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारासः1",
"roman": "ávatārāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतार",
"roman": "ávatāra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारौ",
"roman": "ávatārau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारा1",
"roman": "ávatārā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराः",
"roman": "ávatārāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारासः1",
"roman": "ávatārāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारम्",
"roman": "ávatāram",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारौ",
"roman": "ávatārau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारा1",
"roman": "ávatārā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारान्",
"roman": "ávatārān",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेण",
"roman": "ávatāreṇa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराभ्याम्",
"roman": "ávatārābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारैः",
"roman": "ávatāraiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेभिः1",
"roman": "ávatārebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराय",
"roman": "ávatārāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराभ्याम्",
"roman": "ávatārābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेभ्यः",
"roman": "ávatārebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारात्",
"roman": "ávatārāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराभ्याम्",
"roman": "ávatārābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेभ्यः",
"roman": "ávatārebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारस्य",
"roman": "ávatārasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारयोः",
"roman": "ávatārayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराणाम्",
"roman": "ávatārāṇām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारे",
"roman": "ávatāre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारयोः",
"roman": "ávatārayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेषु",
"roman": "ávatāreṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "ávatāra"
},
"expansion": "अवतार • (ávatāra) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ávatāra"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1000, Kṣemendra, Kalāvilasā 10.10.21.yug’|âvatārāṇām†;",
"roman": "a cruel one among chandálas, / a necromancer among those incarnated / in the age of darkness;",
"text": "Madanaś chala|caurāṇāṃ / strī|vacanaṃ jñāti|bhedānām\nkrūraś caṇḍālānāṃ / †māyāvī kali\nThe God of love among sneaky thieves, / women’s words among dividers of kinsmen,"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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 Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rāma, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki)"
],
"id": "en-अवतार-sa-noun-jChfl0QN",
"links": [
[
"avatar",
"avatar"
],
[
"descent",
"descent"
],
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
],
[
"Vishnu",
"Vishnu"
],
[
"Matsya",
"Matsya"
],
[
"Narasimha",
"Narasimha"
],
[
"Parashurama",
"Parashurama"
],
[
"Rāma",
"Rāma"
],
[
"Krishna",
"Krishna"
],
[
"Buddha",
"Buddha"
],
[
"Kalki",
"Kalki"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 3.36"
}
],
"glosses": [
"any new and unexpected appearance"
],
"id": "en-अवतार-sa-noun-dMVpAaQB",
"links": [
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "22 17 44 15 1 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 17 39 17 2 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an avatāra or incarnation of a deity"
],
"id": "en-अवतार-sa-noun-4JXyBDqO",
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"opportunity of catching any one"
],
"id": "en-अवतार-sa-noun-mt9d8XJz",
"links": [
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a तीर्थ (tīrtha) or sacred place"
],
"id": "en-अवतार-sa-noun-bYfU~ItP",
"links": [
[
"तीर्थ",
"तीर्थ#Sanskrit"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"translation"
],
"id": "en-अवतार-sa-noun-g5zRFpLo",
"links": [
[
"translation",
"translation"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɐ́.ʋɐ.tɑː.ɾɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɐ.ʋɐˈt̪ɑː.ɾɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
}
],
"word": "अवतार"
}
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit compound terms",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit masculine nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "অবতার"
},
"expansion": "Bengali: অবতার (obotar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bengali: অবতার (obotar)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gu",
"2": "અવતાર"
},
"expansion": "Gujarati: અવતાર (avatār)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gujarati: અવતાર (avatār)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "अवतार"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: अवतार (avtār)\n→ English: avatar, avatara; Avator\n→ Japanese: アバター\n→ French: avatar",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: अवतार (avtār)\n→ English: avatar, avatara; Avator\n→ Japanese: アバター\n→ French: avatar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಅವತಾರ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಅವತಾರ (avatāra)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಅವತಾರ (avatāra)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "അവതാരം",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: അവതാരം (avatāraṁ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: അവതാരം (avatāraṁ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "अवतार"
},
"expansion": "Marathi: अवतार (avtār)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Marathi: अवतार (avtār)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "အဝတာရ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: အဝတာရ (a.wa.tara.)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: အဝတာရ (a.wa.tara.)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "awatāra",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Javanese: awatāra\n→ Balinese: ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara)\n→ Indonesian: awatara",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Javanese: awatāra\n→ Balinese: ᬅᬯᬢᬵᬭ (awatara)\n→ Indonesian: awatara"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਅਵਤਾਰ"
},
"expansion": "Punjabi: ਅਵਤਾਰ (avatār)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Punjabi: ਅਵਤਾਰ (avatār)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "அவதாரம்",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: அவதாரம் (avatāram)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: அவதாரம் (avatāram)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "అవతారము",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: అవతారము (avatāramu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: అవతారము (avatāramu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "อวตาร",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: อวตาร (à-wá-dtaan)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "اوتار",
"tr": "avatār"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: اوتار (avatār)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: اوتار (avatār)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Compound"
},
"expansion": "Compound",
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"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"alt1": "",
"alt10": "",
"alt2": "",
"alt3": "",
"alt4": "",
"alt5": "",
"alt6": "",
"alt7": "",
"alt8": "",
"alt9": "",
"g1": "",
"g10": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"g4": "",
"g5": "",
"g6": "",
"g7": "",
"g8": "",
"g9": "",
"id1": "",
"id10": "",
"id2": "",
"id3": "",
"id4": "",
"id5": "",
"id6": "",
"id7": "",
"id8": "",
"id9": "",
"lang1": "",
"lang10": "",
"lang2": "",
"lang3": "",
"lang4": "",
"lang5": "",
"lang6": "",
"lang7": "",
"lang8": "",
"lang9": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"pos1": "",
"pos10": "",
"pos2": "",
"pos3": "",
"pos4": "",
"pos5": "",
"pos6": "",
"pos7": "",
"pos8": "",
"pos9": "",
"t1": "down",
"t10": "",
"t2": "across",
"t3": "",
"t4": "",
"t5": "",
"t6": "",
"t7": "",
"t8": "",
"t9": "",
"tr1": "áva",
"tr10": "",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": "",
"tr4": "",
"tr5": "",
"tr6": "",
"tr7": "",
"tr8": "",
"tr9": ""
},
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"name": "com"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "अव",
"3": "तार",
"t1": "down",
"t2": "across",
"tr1": "áva"
},
"expansion": "Compound of अव (áva, “down”) + तार (tāra, “across”)",
"name": "com+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compound of अव (áva, “down”) + तार (tāra, “across”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ávatāra",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारः",
"roman": "ávatāraḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारौ",
"roman": "ávatārau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारा1",
"roman": "ávatārā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराः",
"roman": "ávatārāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारासः1",
"roman": "ávatārāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतार",
"roman": "ávatāra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारौ",
"roman": "ávatārau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारा1",
"roman": "ávatārā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराः",
"roman": "ávatārāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारासः1",
"roman": "ávatārāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारम्",
"roman": "ávatāram",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारौ",
"roman": "ávatārau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारा1",
"roman": "ávatārā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारान्",
"roman": "ávatārān",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेण",
"roman": "ávatāreṇa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराभ्याम्",
"roman": "ávatārābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारैः",
"roman": "ávatāraiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेभिः1",
"roman": "ávatārebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराय",
"roman": "ávatārāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराभ्याम्",
"roman": "ávatārābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेभ्यः",
"roman": "ávatārebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारात्",
"roman": "ávatārāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराभ्याम्",
"roman": "ávatārābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेभ्यः",
"roman": "ávatārebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारस्य",
"roman": "ávatārasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारयोः",
"roman": "ávatārayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "अवताराणाम्",
"roman": "ávatārāṇām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारे",
"roman": "ávatāre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारयोः",
"roman": "ávatārayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "अवतारेषु",
"roman": "ávatāreṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "ávatāra"
},
"expansion": "अवतार • (ávatāra) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ávatāra"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1000, Kṣemendra, Kalāvilasā 10.10.21.yug’|âvatārāṇām†;",
"roman": "a cruel one among chandálas, / a necromancer among those incarnated / in the age of darkness;",
"text": "Madanaś chala|caurāṇāṃ / strī|vacanaṃ jñāti|bhedānām\nkrūraś caṇḍālānāṃ / †māyāvī kali\nThe God of love among sneaky thieves, / women’s words among dividers of kinsmen,"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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 Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rāma, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki)"
],
"links": [
[
"avatar",
"avatar"
],
[
"descent",
"descent"
],
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
],
[
"Vishnu",
"Vishnu"
],
[
"Matsya",
"Matsya"
],
[
"Narasimha",
"Narasimha"
],
[
"Parashurama",
"Parashurama"
],
[
"Rāma",
"Rāma"
],
[
"Krishna",
"Krishna"
],
[
"Buddha",
"Buddha"
],
[
"Kalki",
"Kalki"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 3.36"
}
],
"glosses": [
"any new and unexpected appearance"
],
"links": [
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"any distinguished person in the language of respect is called an avatāra or incarnation of a deity"
],
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"opportunity of catching any one"
],
"links": [
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a तीर्थ (tīrtha) or sacred place"
],
"links": [
[
"तीर्थ",
"तीर्थ#Sanskrit"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"translation"
],
"links": [
[
"translation",
"translation"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɐ́.ʋɐ.tɑː.ɾɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɐ.ʋɐˈt̪ɑː.ɾɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
}
],
"word": "अवतार"
}
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"msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Sanskrit]; cleaned text: Notes",
"path": [
"अवतार"
],
"section": "Sanskrit",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "अवतार",
"trace": ""
}
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