Thesaurus CERL

Vamana

Record IDcnp00546068

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00546068

Ultima modifica2024-02-08

Nota generale

Avatāra Wischnus

Maggiori informazioni

AttivitàPersonen 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)

NazioneIndien

Nota geograficaIN (iso3166)

Nomi

IntestazioneVamana
Usata in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Fonti esterne

Trovato inB 1986 unter Avatāra

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)

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