Where does “आदिवराह” come from?
आदिवराह (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit वराह, from Sanskrit अवतार, from Sanskrit अव, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háwa, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
आदिवराह (Sanskrit): ‘the first boar’, name of विष्णु
Definitions
- ‘the first boar’, name of विष्णु
Ancestry of “आदिवराह”, step by step
आदिवराह traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit वराह
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | वराह | boar, hog, pig, wild boar; cloud; bull |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अवतार | avatar: descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Vishnu in ten principal forms, namely Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rāma, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki) |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अव | off, away; down; this |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háwa | away from, off; down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |