अवतार

Definitions

• 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)
• 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 (तीर्थ) or sacred place
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