Avataram, Avatāram: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvataram (अवतरम्):—(von 1. ava mit dem suff. des compar.) adv. weiter weg: ava sraveda.haśaṃso vata.amava kṣu.ramiva sravet [Ṛgveda 1, 129, 6.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvataram (अवतरम्):—Adv. weiter weg.
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.
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Starts with: Avataramala, Avataramalika, Avataramantra.
Ends with: Arccavataram, Avecavataram, Calavataram, Iramavataram, Kaunavataram, Maccavataram, Manushavataram, Manushyavataram, Muttiravataram, Naravataram, Pallavataram, Tacavataram, Tatakavataram, Thavataram, Tiru-malavataram, Vacantavataram, Vamanavataram, Varakavataram, Vipavavataram.
Full-text: Mudra-avatara, Tiru-malavataram, Pirappu, Avatara, Kalai.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.129.6 < [Sukta 129]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.5.4 < [Chapter 5 - The Lord’s Appearance]
Two Modern Telugu Poets < [June 1945]