avataraRa
avataraṇa , n. act. , ( 1 ) overpowering, subduing , in duravataraṇa-, hard to overcome : Gv 242.6 -vīrya-karma-; ( 2 ) taking off, clipping (of hair), in keśāvataraṇaṃ (of a prospective monk) kṛtvā MSV ii.140.2 .
(nt, nt, act) descending, entering, plunging into [lit.] crossing down