Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.633
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.633
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**AVATAR**, s. Skt. *Avatāra*, an incarnation on earth of a divine Being. This word first appears in Baldaeus (1672) in the form *Autaar* (*Afgoderye*, p. 52), which in the German version generally quoted in this book takes the corrupter shape of *Altar*.