Vāmana
Vāmana
Vāmana is a name used for more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Vāmana Avatāra: the dwarf avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu, who asked King Bali for three paces of land and then grew to measure all the worlds; the Brahma Purāṇa tells it also in Vāmana, Bali and the Source of the Gautamī. Varāha Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa
- Vāmana (Viśvedeva): one of the ten Viśvedevas named by Sumantu Muni; he is not the avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 125
People
- Vāmana (Diggaja): one of the eight elephants of deva birth named in the mantra of the Gajaratha-dāna, the gift of the elephant chariot. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 180
- Vāmana, Disciple of Drauṇi: a young brāhmaṇa archer, skilled in the arrow that strikes by sound, who slew the rākshasa that carried off Mahādevī in the Vaitāla‘s account to Vikramāditya. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapters 1–23
Places
- Vāmana (mountain): the second of the seven varsha mountains of Krauñca-dvīpa, frequented by devas and gandharvas. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20