Vamana
Sign in to saveVamana (, ), also known as Trivikrama (), Urukrama (), Upendra (), Dadhivamana (, ), Ulagalanthan (lit. 'the one who measured the world) and Balibandhana (), is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. He is the fifth avatar of Vishnu and the first Dashavatara in the Treta Yuga, after Narasimha.
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- Hindu
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- File:Vamana — Raja Ravi Varma.jpg
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- Dashavatara
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- Vamana Avatar by Raja Ravi Varma
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- Vamana
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- Vaishnavism
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- Vaikuntha, Satala
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- Om Trivikramaya vidmaheVishvarupaya cha dhimahiTanno Vamana prachodayat
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- Kamala
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- Brhatsloka ('Great Praise')
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- Round and small shaligrama stone
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- Onam, Balipratipada, Vamana Dvadashi
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mother
- Aditi
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- Kashyapa
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- Indra and the Adityas
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- Royalty.name
- Dashavatara Sequence
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- Narasimha
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- Nomenclature and etymology
- Legend
- Symbolism
- Nirukta
- Vedas
- Rigveda
- Samhita
- Aitareya Brahmana
- Sama Veda
- Samhita
- Pancavimsa Brahmana
- Yajur Veda
- White Yajurveda: Vajasaneyi Samhita
- White Yajurveda: Shatapatha Brahmana
- Black Yajurveda: Taittiriya Samhita
- Black Yajurveda: Taittiriya Brahmana
- Atharva Veda
- Upanishads
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
- Itihasa (Epics)
- Mahabharata
- Harivamsa
- First account
- Second account
- Links to the Varaha incarnation
- Ramayana
- Valmiki version 1
- Valmiki version 2
- Adhyatma Ramayana
- Mahapuranas
- Agni Purana
- Bhagavata Purana
- Brahma Purana
- First account
- Second account
- Brahmanda Purana
- Brahmavaivarta Purana
- Garuda Purana
- Kurma Purana
- First account
- Second account
- Linga Purana
- Markandeya Purana
- Matsya Purana
- Narada Purana
- Padma Purana
- First Account
- Second account and other details
- Shiva Purana
- Skanda Purana
- First account
- Second account and other details
- Vamana Purana
- First account
- Second account
- Varaha Purana
- Vayu Purana
- Vishnu Purana
- Sangam Literature
- Festivals
- BaliPāḍyami
- Onam
- Iconography
- Temples
- See also
- References
- External links
Vamana (, ), also known as Trivikrama (), Urukrama (), Upendra (), Dadhivamana (, ), Ulagalanthan (lit. 'the one who measured the world) and Balibandhana (), is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. He is the fifth avatar of Vishnu and the first Dashavatara in the Treta Yuga, after Narasimha.
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) from the daitya-king Mahabali by taking three steps to restore the cosmic order and push Mahabali into the netherworld. He is the youngest among the adityas, the sons of Aditi and the sage Kashyapa.