Avatri, Avatṛ: 4 definitions

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Avatri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Avatṛ can be transliterated into English as Avatr or Avatri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avatṛ (अवतृ).—1 P.

1) To descend, alight, come down; रथादवततार च (rathādavatatāra ca) R.1.54,13.68; वसन् ददर्शावतरन्तमम्बरात् (vasan dadarśāvatarantamambarāt) Śiśupālavadha 1. 1; यमुनातटमवतीर्णः (yamunātaṭamavatīrṇaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; मेघपदवीमवतीर्णौ स्वः (meghapadavīmavatīrṇau svaḥ) Ś.7; कदैतदवत- रिष्यति चक्रं मस्तकात् (kadaitadavata- riṣyati cakraṃ mastakāt) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5; (fig. also) इति मतिरेव न बोध- पदवीमवतरति (iti matireva na bodha- padavīmavatarati) K.289 fails to see; वागेव मे नाभिधेयविषयमव- 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); सागरं वर्जयित्वा कुत्र वा महानद्यवतरति (sāgaraṃ varjayitvā kutra vā mahānadyavatarati) Ś.3; see अवतीर्ण (avatīrṇa) also.

3) To enter, to enter into, to come to; अवतरतः सिद्धिपथं शब्दः स्वमनोरथस्येव (avatarataḥ siddhipathaṃ śabdaḥ svamanorathasyeva) M.1.22; Śiśupālavadha 9.32; त्वदीयं देशमवतीर्य (tvadīyaṃ deśamavatīrya) M.5.

4) To begin, commence; अवतरतु भवान् (avataratu bhavān) Daśakumāracarita 152; तत्प्रेयसीमाहूय सङ्गीतकमवतरामि (tatpreyasīmāhūya saṅgītakamavatarāmi) Dhūrt.1.

5) To present oneself, appear forth, come; प्रसभमवततार चित्तजन्मा (prasabhamavatatāra cittajanmā) Ki. 1.17.

6) To discend (as a deity) into the world in the form of a mortal; शापावतीर्ण (śāpāvatīrṇa) Kathāsaritsāgara 2.21; मुनिकन्या च सा शापात्तस्यां जाताववातरत् (munikanyā ca sā śāpāttasyāṃ jātāvavātarat) 2.31; Rāj. T.1.13;5.66; विष्णु रेवावतीर्णोऽसौ (viṣṇu revāvatīrṇo'sau) Mārk. P.

7) To get over, subdue, conquer; अवतीर्णोऽस्मि यद्रोगमतिदुस्तरम् (avatīrṇo'smi yadrogamatidustaram) Kathāsaritsāgara 21.194; अव तस्य बलं तिर (ava tasya balaṃ tira) Ṛgveda 1.133.5.

8) To cross over; त्वयावतीर्णोर्ण उताप्तकामः (tvayāvatīrṇorṇa utāptakāmaḥ) 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 सलिलसमीपम् (avatāraya salilasamīpam) K.38; मात्रां कक्षान्तरादवतार्य (mātrāṃ kakṣāntarādavatārya) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; स्वभुजादव- तारिता (svabhujādava- tāritā) R.1.34; अवतार्यतां रथः (avatāryatāṃ rathaḥ) V.1.

3) To take off, remove, withdraw, put aside; स्वगात्रादवतार्य भूषणानि (svagātrādavatārya bhūṣaṇāni) Mu. 2,5; अथाङ्गराजादवतार्य चक्षुः (athāṅgarājādavatārya cakṣuḥ) R.6.3, अथोरुदेशादवतार्य पादम् (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; तेन विद्यावतारिता (tena vidyāvatāritā) Rāj. T.4.485; तत्र तया सत्रेऽवतारिते (tatra tayā satre'vatārite) 2.58.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avatṛ (अवतृ).—come down, descend ([especially] from heaven to earth, ±mahīm), 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.

Avatṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and tṛ (तृ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avatṝ (अवतॄ):—[=ava-√tṝ] [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] -tarati (perf. -tatāra, 3. [plural] -teruḥ; Inf. -taritum e.g. [Harivaṃśa 3511] or -tartum e.g. [Mahābhārata i, 2509; Rāmāyaṇa vii, 30, 12]; [indeclinable participle] -tīrya)

—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. -tārīs)

—to overcome, overpower, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] : [Vedic or Veda] [class] 4. (p. fem. -tīyatī) to sink, [Atharva-veda xix, 9, 8] :—[Causal] -tārayati ([indeclinable participle] -tārya) 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 ava-tārita below;

—to descend (?), [Atharva-veda vii, 107, 1.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avatṛ (अवतृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avayara, Oara, Orasa, Osara, Oha.

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