associated with avatāra 3), (1) causes to penetrate intel-
lectually, to comprehend; initiates into, introduces to, with
acc. or (oftener) loc. of what is taught of explained: SP
49.7 (vs) sarve ca te darśayi ekayānam ekaṃ ca yānaṃ
avatārayanti; 182.11 (anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau…)
avatāritavān; 347.8 (dharmavinaye) 'vatārayeyam; with
(buddha-)śāsane, Bbh 222.26; 261.26 (here buddhāśāsane
or °nam implied from prec.); Av i.112.8; with tasyāṃ
(pratipadi) Bbh 262.17; (2) removes (hair, keśa, or also
beard), of a barber's activity, esp. with reference to monks
and nuns, cf. avatāraka (2): keśāni otāreti Mv iii.179.10,
11, 12 (in 9 °reṣyati by em.); keśāny otāretvā (mss. otāritā,
avat°) iii.268.18; keśān avatārya Bhīk 10b.1; Jm 122.11;
keśaśmaśrūṇy avatārya Divy 35.8; 37.11; 556.6; Samādh
8.15; keśaśmaśru avatārya Av i.136.6; 234.1; an-avatārita-
keśā, with hair unshorn Bhīk 10a.5; with causative mg.,
keśaśmaśrūṇy avatārayitvā, having had the hair and beard
cut, caused it to be cut Mv iii.222.17 (in the same passage in
Pali, DN ii.249.20, the form used is ohāretvā); object
unexpressed, avatāraya MSV i.280.18; °rayitum id.; °rita,
ppp., 281.1, 2.