avatṛ 1 P. 1 To descend, alight, come down; rathādavatatāra ca R.1.54,13.68; vasan dadarśāvatarantamambarāt Śi.1.1; yamunātaṭamavatīrṇaḥ Pt.1; meghapadavīmavatīrṇau svaḥ Ś.7; kadaitadavata- riṣyati cakraṃ mastakāt Pt.5; (fig. also) iti matireva na bodha- padavīmavatarati K.289 fails to see; vāgeva me nābhidheyaviṣayamavatarati trapayā 151 I eannot speak for very shame. -2 To flow or run into, discharge contents, join (as a river); sāgaraṃ varjayitvā kutra vā mahānadyavatarati Ś.3; see avatīrṇa also. -3 To enter, to enter into, to come to; avatarataḥ siddhipathaṃ śabdaḥ svamanorathasyeva M.1.22; Śi.9.32; tvadīyaṃ deśamavatīrya M.5. -4 To begin, commence; avataratu bhavān Dk.152; tatpreyasīmāhūya saṅgītakamavatarāmi Dhūrt.1. -5 To present oneself, appear forth, come; prasabhamavatatāra cittajanmā Ki.10.17. -6 To discend (as a deity) into the world in the form of a mortal; śāpāvatīrṇa Ks.2.21; munikanyā ca sā śāpāttasyāṃ jātāvavātarat 2.31; Rāj. T.1.130;5.66; viṣṇu revāvatīrṇo'sau Mārk. P. -7 To get over, subdue, conquer; avatīrṇo'smi yadrogamatidustaram Ks.21.194; ava tasya balaṃ tira Rv.10.133.5. -8 To cross over; tvayāvatīrṇorṇa utāptakāmaḥ Bhāg.3.24.34. -Caus.1 To cause to descend, bring or fetch down; mārge kathaṃcidavatārya Mu.3.9; sthāt, vṛkṣāt, śūlāgrāt &c. -2 To take down, put or set down avatāraya salilasamīpam K.38; mātrāṃ kakṣāntarādavatārya Pt.1; svabhujādavatāritā R.1.34; avatāryatāṃ rathaḥ V.1. -3 To take off, remove, withdraw, put aside; svagātrādavatārya bhūṣaṇāni Mu.2,5; athāṅgarājādavatārya cakṣuḥ R.6.30, athorudeśādavatārya pādam Ku.3.11, Śi.9.36. -4 To bring downwards. -5 To bend down. -6 To introduce, set a-going, make current, begin; tena vidyāvatāritā Rāj. T.4.485; tatra tayā satre'vatārite 2.58.