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thesaurus/cnp00546068 Vamana

Vamana

Record IDcnp00546068
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00546068
Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Avatāra Wischnus

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ActivityPersonen als literarisches Motiv (12.4p) (sswd)
Personen als künstlerisches Motiv (13.1cp) (sswd)
Personen zu allgemeiner und vergleichender Religionswissenschaft, Personen zu nichtchristlichen Religionen (3.1p) (sswd)
Gott (gnd)
CountryIndien
Geographic NoteIN (iso3166)

Names

HeadingVamana
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Sources

Found inB 1986 unter Avatāra
depiction of ...
From the source (creative commons license), "Standing tall despite his diminutive proportions, this dwarf, Vamana, is an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He holds Vishnu's attributes—the club and discus in his upper hands and the conch shell in his lower left hand—and makes the gesture of giving. As preserver of cosmic order, Vishnu descends to earth to restore balance whenever the world is threatened by evil. When the king Bali was becoming too powerful, Vishnu came to earth as a dwarf and, dressed as a pious student of Hindu knowledge, asked the king for the amount of land he could cover in three steps. Thinking he had nothing to lose, the king granted the dwarf's request, whereupon Vishnu transformed himself into the giant Trivikrama, covering the entire earth with his first step, the heavens with his second step, and with his third step pushing Bali into the netherworld."
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Anonymous (Indian artist)Unknown author
/ Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian - Dwarf Form of Vishnu - Walters 25260.jpg]

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