avatArayati
avatārayati, otāreti ( caus. to avatarati ; in mg. 1, associated with avatāra 3), ( 1 ) causes to penetrate intellectually, 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 barberʼs 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-avatāritakeśā, 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 .