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Avatar
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What's The Definition Of Avatar?
[n] the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"
[n] a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" Synonyms | Synonyms for Avatar: embodiment | incarnation Related Terms | Find terms related to Avatar: angelophany | apparition | appearance | appearing | arising | Buddha | catabolism | catalysis | Christophany | coming | coming into being | coming-forth | consubstantiation | disclosure | displacement | dissemination | embodiment | emergence | epiphany | evidence | evincement | exposure | expression | forthcoming | heterotopia | incarnation | indication | issuance | Jagannath | Juggernaut | Kurma | manifestation | materialization | materializing | Matsya | metabolism | metagenesis | metamorphism | metamorphosis | metastasis | metathesis | metempsychosis | mutant | mutated form | mutation | Narsinh | occurrence | opening | Parshuram | permutation | pneumatophany | presentation | proof | publication | Rama | realization | reincarnation | revelation | rise | rising | Satanophany | showing | showing forth | sport | theophany | transanimation | transfiguration | transfigurement | transformation | transformism | translation | translocation | transmigration | transmogrification | transmutation | transposition | transubstantiation | unfolding | unfoldment | Vaman | Varah See Also | deification | Hindu deity | Jagannath | Jagannatha | Jagganath | Juggernaut | Kalki | Krishna | personification | Rama | reincarnation Avatar In Webster's Dictionary \Av`a*tar"\, n. [Skr. avat[^a]ra descent; ava from + root
t[.r] to cross, pass over.]
1. (Hindoo Myth.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his
incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated
with the incarnations of Vishnu.
2. Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or
admiration.
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