avatF 1 P. 1 To descend, alight, come down; raTAdavatatAra ca R. 1. 54 , 13. 68 ; vasan dadarSAvataraMtamaMbarAt Śi. 1. 1 ; yamunAtawamavatIrRaH Pt. 1 ; meGapadavImavatIrRO svaH Ś. 7 ; kadEtadaMvatarizyati cakraMmastakAt Pt. 5 ; ( fig. also); iti matireva na boMDapadavImavatarati K. 289 fails to see; vAgeva me nABiDeyavizayamavatarati trapayA 151 I cannot speak for very shame 2 To flow or run into, discharge contents, join (as a river); sAgaraM varjayitvA kutra vA mahAnadyavatarati Ś. 3 ; see avatIrRa also. 3 To enter, to enter into, to come to; M. 1. 22 ; Śi. 9. 32 ; tvadIyaM deSamavatIrya M. 5. 4 To begin, commence; avataratu BavAn Dk. 152 ; tatpreyasImAhUya saMgItakamavatarAmi Dhūrt. 1. 5 To present oneself, appear forth, come; prasaBamavatatAra cittajanmA Ki. 10. 17. 6 To descend (as a deity) into the world in the form of a mortal; SApAvatIrRa Ks. 2. 21 ; munikanyA ca sA SApAttasyAM jAtAvavAtarat 2. 31 . Rāj. T. 1. 130 ; 5. 66 ; vizRurevAvatIrRosO Mārk. P. 7 To get over, subdue, conquer; avatIrRosmi yadrogamatidustaraM Ks. 21. 194 ; ava tasya balaM tira Rv. 10. 133. 5. — Caus. 1 To cause to descend, bring or fetch down; mArge kaTaMcidavatArya Mu. 3. 9 ; raTAt, vfkzAt , SUlAgrAt &c. 2 To take down, put or set down; avatAraya salilasamIpaM K. 38 ; mAtrAM kakzAMtarAdavatArya Pt. 1 ; svaBujAdavatAritA R. 1. 34 ; avatAryatAM raTaH V. 1. 3 To take off, remove, withdraw, put aside; svagAtrAdavatArya BUzaRAni ( pb ) Mu. 2 , 5 ; aTAMgarAjAdavatArya cakzuH R. 6. 30 , aTorudeSAdavatArya pAdaM Ku. 3. 11 , Śi. 9. 36. 4 To bring downwards. 5 To bend down. 6 To introduce, set a-going, make current, begin; tena vidyAvatAritA Rāj. T. 4. 485 ; tatra tayA satre'vatArite 2. 58.