Amshavatara, Aṃśāvatāra, Amsha-avatara: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aṃśāvatāra 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)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaAṃśāvatāra (अंशावतार).—The incarnation of God on earth is called avatāra. When the incarnation is only partial, that is, when only some of the divine elements incarnate, it is called aṃśāvatāra (Aṃśa=part). Chapters 54 to 64 of Ādi Parva of the Mahābhārata give us a list of the gods who have incarnated partially. The following list of devas and their aṃśāvatāras is based upon the account given in the fourth Skandha of Śrī Mahādevī Bhāgavata.
Name of the god Name of the aṃśāvatāra
Kaśyapa Vasudeva
Ādiśeṣa Balabhadra
Nārāyaṇarṣi Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Yamadharma Yudhiṣṭhira
Aśvinīdevas Nakula and Sahadeva
Dharma Vidura
Śiva Aśvatthāmā
Gandharvarāja Devaka
Aṣṭavasu Bhīṣma
Marudgaṇa Kṛpa; Kṛtavarmā
Aditi Devakī
Nararṣi Arjuna
Vāyu Bhīmasena
Sūrya Karṇa
Bṛhaspati Droṇa
Varuṇa Śantanu
Marut Virāṭa
Haṃsa Dhṛtarāṣṭra
Dvāpara Śakuni
Pāvaka Dhṛṣṭadyumna
Kali Duryodhana
Rākṣasa Śikhaṇḍī
Varuṇa Drupada
Viśvedevas Sons of Pāñcālī
Dhṛti Mādrī
Vipracitti Jarāsandha
Hayagrīva Keśi
Bāṣkala Bhagadatta
Lamba Pralamba
Sanatkumāra Pradyumna
Lakṣmī Pāñcālī
Siddhi Kuntī
Mati Gāndhārī
Jaya Hiraṇyākṣa
Vijaya Hiraṇyakaśipu
Hiraṇyākṣa Rāvaṇa
Hiraṇyakaśipu Kumbhakarṇa
Rāvaṇa Śiśupāla
Kumbhakarṇa Daṇḍavaktra
Prahlāda Śalya
Kālanemi Kaṃsa
Anuhlāda Dhṛṣṭaketu
Khara Dhenuka.
(For more details see under the word, AVATĀRA).
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaṃśāvatāra (अंशावतार).—m (S) A descent or incarnation of an emanation from the divine essence;--as disting. from pūrṇāvatāra.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṃśāvatāra (अंशावतार).—[ṣa. ta.] descent (on earth) of parts of deities, partial incarnation; °तार इव धर्मस्य (tāra iva dharmasya) Daśakumāracarita 153; °रमिव कृतान्तस्य (ramiva kṛtāntasya) K.31; °उच्चैःश्रवसः (uccaiḥśravasaḥ) 79; so अंशावतीर्णमिव (aṃśāvatīrṇamiva) 18; Name of a sub-parvan covering Adhyāyas 64-67 of Ādiparvan of Mb. Even without the compound अंश (aṃśa) means partial incarnation, अंश, आवेश (aṃśa, āveśa), and अवतार (avatāra) are the three kinds of Lord's manifestations.
Derivable forms: aṃśāvatāraḥ (अंशावतारः).
Aṃśāvatāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṃśa and avatāra (अवतार). See also (synonyms): aṃśāvataraṇa.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAṃśāvatāra (अंशावतार) [Also spelled anshavtar]:—(nm) a partial incarnation.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAṃśāvatāra (ಅಂಶಾವತಾರ):—[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: Amsha, Avatara.
Starts with: Amshavatarana.
Ends with: Vamshavatara.
Full-text: Anshavtar, Avatara, Mohini, Dashavatara, Amshavatarana, Amrithamantha, Mahisha, Hamsa, Vyasa.
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