Vāmana (Diggaja)

Vāmana

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Vāmana is one of the eight elephants of deva birth in the Bhavishya Purāṇa. He is not Bhagavān Vāmana, the avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu.

The Uttara Parva names him in the mantra of the Gajaratha-dāna, the gift of the elephant chariot, which Bhagavān Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira as Śukrācārya taught it to Bali, king of the daityas. The giver yokes two excellent elephants to the chariot and names the eight: Kumuda, Airāvaṇa, Padma, Pushpadanta, Vāmana, Supratīka, Añjana and Sārvabhauma. The two yoked elephants are of their line, and the giver prays that these elephants be givers of varas to him.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 180

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 180