Vishnu
(H3) [Printed book page 472,3]
दशा (daśā)वतार (vatāra) m. (= °श-रूप (°śa-rūpa)) Viṣṇu, L. [ID=91027]
दशा (daśā)वतार (vatāra) m. (= °श-रूप (°śa-rūpa)) Viṣṇu, L. [ID=91027]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
दशावतारdaśāvatāra
दशावतार (daśāvatāra) is a Sanskrit word meaning Vishnu. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Vishnu or His Ten Incarnations, A Religious Observance.
- Etymology
- E. दश ten, and अवतार descent; the deity of whom there are ten descents from heaven, for the purpose of protecting or punishing mankind: see अवतार ।
- Definitions
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Meanings by context
Vishnu or His Ten Incarnations
5 definitions
an epithet of Vishnu
दश (daśa)ावतार (daśāvatāra) [Printed book page 403]
दश (daśa)ावतार (daśāvatāra) m. (-रः (-raḥ)) A name of VIṢṆU.
दश (daśa)ावतार (daśāvatāra) m. (-रः (-raḥ)) A name of VIṢṆU.
E. दश (daśa) ten, and अवतार (avatāra) descent; the deity of whom there are ten descents from heaven, for the purpose of protecting or punishing mankind: see अवतार (avatāra).
[ID=18719]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A name of Vishnu.
दशावतार (daśāvatāra) [Printed book page 358-a]
दशा_वतार (daśā_vatāra) (रः) ((raḥ)) 1. m. A name of Vishnu. [ID=18192]
दशा_वतार (daśā_vatāra) (रः) ((raḥ)) 1. m. A name of Vishnu. [ID=18192]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the ten incarnations of Vishnu
दशावतार (daśāvatāra) [Printed book page 327-17]
दशन्-अवतार (avatāra) (daśan-avatāra) m. pl. the ten incarnations of Vishṇu. See under अवतार (avatāra). [ID=16597]
दशन्-अवतार (avatāra) (daśan-avatāra) m. pl. the ten incarnations of Vishṇu. See under अवतार (avatāra). [ID=16597]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
an epithet of Vishnu
दश (daśa)ावतार (daśāvatāra) [Printed book page 335-b]
दश (daśa)ावतार (daśāvatāra)
दश (daśa)ावतार (daśāvatāra)
m. (-रः (-raḥ)) A name of VISHNU.
E. दश (daśa) ten, and अवतार (avatāra) descent; the deity of whom there are ten descents from heaven, for the purpose of protecting or punishing mankind: see अवतार (avatāra) । (avatāra .)
[ID=18704]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A Religious Observance
1 definition
an observance performed on the tenth day of the light half of Bhadrapada
दशा (daśā)वतार (vatāra) n. N. of an observance (performed on the 10th day of the light half of Bhādrapada, Vrata-prakāśa [Cologne Addition] (Title) x ), Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 and 2: Bhaviṣya-purāṇa and Bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa (Title) ii, 60 [ID=91028]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.