Vamana (Sanskrit: वामन, IAST: Vāmana, lit. dwarf), also known as Vāmanadeva ('dwarf-god'), Trivikrama ('having three steps'), Urukrama ('one of large step'), Upendra ('younger brother of Indra'), Dadhivamana (literally 'milk-dwarf'; loosely 'a mystic person'), and Balibandhana ('who fettered the demon Bali') is a Brahmin avatar of the supreme almighty god Vishnu.