s. m, Corrupted from the Sanskrit word Avatár. An incarnation of the Deity. The Hindus reckon ten incarnations of the god Vishnu:—1st, Machh, the fish; 2nd, Kachh, the tortoise; 3rd, Baráh, the boar; 4th, Narsiṇgh, the man-lion; 5th, Báwan, the dwarf; 6th, Parsrám; 7th, Ram; 8th, Krishná; 9th, Buddha; 10th, Kalgí or Niskalaṇk, which is vet to appear on the culmination of the Kaljug, (the iron age, the age of sin); a pious or distinguished person in the language of flattery or respect is also called an autár; a bad, wicked, quarrelsome person (ironically).