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Meanings of avatara in English

Russian
аватара
Portuguese
avatares
Spanish
ávatar
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Material appearance or incarnation of a deity on earth in Hinduism.

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        аватара
        Usage of avatara in English
        1
        For Batara he will read avatara; and in Naga-padoha he will recognise the serpent on whom Vishnu reposes.
        The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
        2
        The name of God among them is Battara (the Avatara of the Hindoos).
        The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido / For the Suppression of...
        3
        This is an enormous statue of the god Vishnu in his AVATARA as Narasimha, the man-lion.
        A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History ...
        4
        In the last Indian Avatara, as in the Eddas, a serpent vomiting flames is expected to destroy the world.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for avatara
        Avatara through the time