Dashavatara, Dasha-avatara, Daśāvatāra, Daśāvatārā, Dashan-avatara: 16 definitions
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Dashavatara has 15 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Daśāvatāra and Daśāvatārā can be transliterated into English as Dasavatara or Dashavatara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Dashavtar.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDaśāvatāra (दशावतार):—(daśan + ava) m. Beiname Viṣṇu’s (der zehn Mal auf die Erde Herabgekommene) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 65.] [Oxforder Handschriften 185],a. daśamī [Weber’s Verzeichniss 134,a (60).]
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Daśāvatāra (दशावतार):—n. Bez. einer best. Begehung [Oxforder Handschriften 34,b,5.] vrata am zehnten Tage in der lichten Hälfte des Bhādrapada [285,a,21.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDaśāvatāra (दशावतार):—n. —
1) eine best. Begehung. Auch vrata n. —
2) Titel eines Werkes. Auch stava m. und stotra n. [Private libraries (Gustav) 1.] carita n. desgl. [Bühler, Bombay 1877 .No.132.]
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Partial matches: Dasa, Avatara, Tacan, Taca.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 1.3 - Incarnations of Viṣṇu < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
2.2. (d): Hand Gestures for Daśāvatāra < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Reviews < [October 1968]
Is There Bhakti Rasa in Mahabharata? < [January – March, 1997]
Ramayana and Five Arts < [January 1952]
Song 9 < [Advaita-tattwa-kathana (Description of the Truth of Lord Advaita)]
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