<P> Vamana ( Sanskrit : वामन , IAST : Vāmana , lit . dwarf ) , is the fifth avatar of Hindu god Vishnu . He incarnates in a time of crisis to restore cosmic balance by creatively defeating the Asura king Mahabali , who had acquired disproportionate power over the universe . According to Hindu mythology , the noble demon king sponsors a sacrifice and gift giving ceremony to consolidate his power , and Vishnu appears at this ceremony as a dwarf mendicant Brahmin called Vamana . When Vamana 's turn comes to receive a gift , Mahabali offers him whatever riches and material wealth he would like , but Vamana refuses everything and states he would just like three paces of land . Mahabali finds the dwarf 's request amusingly small and irrevocably grants it . Vamana then grows into a giant of cosmic proportions . In one step he covers the earth , in another the heavens , and for the third , Mahabali offers his head on which Vamana steps , sending the demon king to the Patala ( netherworld ) . </P>
<P> Vamana ( Sanskrit : वामन , IAST : Vāmana , lit . dwarf ) , is the fifth avatar of Hindu god Vishnu . He incarnates in a time of crisis to restore cosmic balance by creatively defeating the Asura king Mahabali , who had acquired disproportionate power over the universe . According to Hindu mythology , the noble demon king sponsors a sacrifice and gift giving ceremony to consolidate his power , and Vishnu appears at this ceremony as a dwarf mendicant Brahmin called Vamana . When Vamana 's turn comes to receive a gift , Mahabali offers him whatever riches and material wealth he would like , but Vamana refuses everything and states he would just like three paces of land . Mahabali finds the dwarf 's request amusingly small and irrevocably grants it . Vamana then grows into a giant of cosmic proportions . In one step he covers the earth , in another the heavens , and for the third , Mahabali offers his head on which Vamana steps , sending the demon king to the Patala ( netherworld ) . </P>
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