A “descent†of the Supreme Lord to the material world in one of His many forms.
Incarnation; the descent into form; the revelation of the Godhead in humanity; the Divine manifest in a human appearance; the word avatara means a descent; it is the coming down of the Divine below the line which divides the divine from the human world or status.
Literally, "descent," referring to a human, or even animal, birth that is actually Divine in origin; descending from God.
Descent, advent or incarnation of God. There are ten avataras of Vishnu: Matsya (the Fish); Kurma (the Tortoise); Varaha (the Boar), Narassmha (the Man-lion); Vamana (the Dwarf); Parasurama; Rama (hero of the epic Ramayana); Krishna (hero of the epic Mahabharata who related the Bhagavad Gita); Balarama and Kalki.
a descent of a Divinity from the divine spheres into our human world
an incarnation and means that a god adopts a human form to be born on earth
a personal form of the Supreme Being and innumerable such divine forms reside in an eternal spiritual realm
a spiritual event brought about by White Magic in order to effect some spiritual work among men
a spiritual transitory event
"one who descends" - a fully or partially empowered incarnation of God who descends from the spiritual world for a particular mission
Literally, `One who has descended`. A divine Incarnation.
A partial or fully empowered incarnation of God who comes to the world for a particular mission.
Lit. Incarnation (usually of God) Sanskrit term for a Saviour or a saint.
or Avatar The descent on earth of a Hindu deity, especially, Vishnu; an Incarnation of God on earth in human form; an embodiment or concrete manifestation of an abstract concept; a leader who is regarded as or professes to be a savior or liberator. Hindus, however, believe that God incarnates Himself many times---Sri Krishna declares in the Bhagavad-Gita (IV-8): "In every age I come back to deliver the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, to establish righteousness."
(Skt) A class of saviors such as Jesus and Krishna: a temporary combination of divinity, a highly evolved soul, and a pure physical body.