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Amshavatarana, ṃśāvٲṇa, Amsha-avatarana: 4 definitions

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Amshavatarana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term ṃśāvٲṇa can be transliterated into English as Amsavatarana or Amshavatarana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṃśāvٲṇa (अंशावतरण).—[ṣa. ta.] descent (on earth) of parts of deities, partial incarnation; °ता� इव धर्मस्� (tāra iva dharmasya) Daśakumāracarita 153; °रमिव कृतान्तस्य (ramiva kṛtāntasya) K.31; °उच्चैःश्रवसः (ܳḥſ�) 79; so अंशावतीर्णमिव (ṃśāvīṇa) 18; Name of a sub-parvan covering Adhyāyas 64-67 of Ādiparvan of Mb. Even without the compound अं� (ṃśa) means partial incarnation, अं�, आवेश (ṃśa, āveśa), and अवता� () are the three kinds of Lord's manifestations.

Derivable forms: ṃśāvٲṇa (अंशावतरणम्).

ṃśāvٲṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṃśa and ٲṇa (अवतर�). See also (synonyms): ṃśāv.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ṃśāvٲṇa (अंशावतरण):—[from ṃśa] n. descent of part of a deity

2) [v.s. ...] partial incarnation

3) [v.s. ...] title of sections 64-67 of the first book of the Mbh.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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