<Tr> <Th> Devanagari </Th> <Td> वामन </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Sanskrit transliteration </Th> <Td> Vāmana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Affiliation </Th> <Td> Vaishnavism </Td> </Tr> <P> Vamana (Sanskrit: वामन, IAST: Vāmana, lit . dwarf), is the fifth avatar of Hindu god Vishnu . He incarnates in a time of crisis and to restore cosmic balance by creatively defeating the asura king Mahabali with disproportionate powers over the universe . According to Hindu mythology, the noble demon king after his exploits and conquest of the universe sponsors a sacrifice and gift giving ceremony to consolidate his power . Vishnu appears at this ceremony as a dwarf mendicant Brahmin called Vamana . When his turn to receive a gift comes, MahaBali offers whatever riches and material wealth Vamana would like . Vamana refuses everything and states he would just like three steps worth of land . MahaBali finds the dwarf's request amusingly small and irrevocably grants it . Vamana then grows into a giant the size of cosmos . In the first step, he covers the earth . In second, he takes the heavens . For the third, Bali offers his head on which Vamana steps sending the demon king to the Patala (netherworld). </P>

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