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 #2 (permalink) Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:43 am avatar |
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Main Entry: av·a·tar
Pronunciation: ˈa-və-ˌtär
Function: noun
Etymology: Sanskrit avatāraḥ descent, from avatarati he descends, from ava- away + tarati he crosses over — more at ukase, through
Date: 1784
1: the incarnation of a Hindu deity (as Vishnu)
2 a: an incarnation in human form b: an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person
3: a variant phase or version of a continuing basic entity
4: an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user (as in a computer game)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avatar
Also, avatar is the picture that you see on the right side of my post.
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 Milanya
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:09 am avatar |
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Interesting! But why should west borrow from east? My question is, don't we have something native for 'avatar'?
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Mar 28, 2009 17:16 pm avatar |
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Now I know the meaning of avatar....in my Language (Tamil) avatar means avataram in Hindu religion it means God (representative of God)
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