"Trivikrama" redirects here. For the 2022 film, see Trivikrama (film).
This article is about an avatar of Hindu god Vishnu. For the medieval grammarian, see Kāśikāvṛttī. For Ayurveda procedure, see Vamana (Panchakarma).
Vamana
Member of Dashavatara
Vamana, an avatar of Vishnu pushes Mahabali down to Patala with his feet, painting by Raja Ravi Varma.
Affiliation
Vaishnavism
Abode
Vaikuntha, Satala
Mantra
Om Trivikramaya vidmahe Vishvarupaya cha dhimahi Tanno Vamana prachodayat
Symbol
Kamandalu and umbrella
Festivals
Onam, Balipratipada, Vamana Dvadashi
Personal information
Parents
Kashyapa (father)
Aditi (mother)
Consort
Lakshmi incarnated as Kirti ('Fame') or Padma or Kamala
Children
Brhatsloka ('Great Praise')
Dashavatara Sequence
Predecessor
Narasimha
Successor
Parashurama
Vamana (Sanskrit: वामन, lit. 'Dwarf', IAST: Vāmana)[1] also known as Trivikrama (lit.'three steps'),[2]Urukrama (lit.'far-stepping'),[3]Upendra (lit.'Indra’s younger brother'),[4][5]Dadhivamana (Sanskrit: दधिवामन, lit. 'milk-dwarf', IAST: Dadhivāmana),[6] and Balibandhana (lit.'binder or killer of Bali'),[7] is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.[8] He is the fifth avatar of Vishnu and the first Dashavatara in the Satya Yuga, after Narasimha.[9]
First mentioned in the Vedas, Vamana is most commonly associated in the Hindu epics and Puranas with the story of taking back the three worlds (collectively referred to as the Trailokya)[10] from the daitya-king Bali by taking three steps to restore the cosmic order. He is the youngest among the adityas, the sons of Aditi and the sage Kashyapa.
^"Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit: 'Vamana'". spokensanskrit.org. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^"Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit: 'Trivikrama'". spokensanskrit.org. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^"Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit: 'Urukrama'". spokensanskrit.org. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^"Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: 'Upendra'". faculty.washington.edu. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^"Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit: 'Upendra'". spokensanskrit.org. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^www.wisdomlib.org (13 June 2018). "Dadhivamana, Dadhivāmana, Dadhi-vamana: 4 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^"Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: 'balibandhana'". faculty.washington.edu. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^Vaswani, J. P. (22 December 2017). Dasavatara. Jaico Publishing House. pp. 12–14. ISBN 978-93-86867-18-6.
^Ph.D, James G. Lochtefeld (15 December 2001). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Volume 1. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. pp. 175. ISBN 978-0-8239-3179-8.
^"Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: 'Triloka'". faculty.washington.edu. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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