84000 Glossary of Terms

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བ་མན། | Glossary of Terms

  • བ་མན།

  • མིའུ་ཐུང་།
  • ba man
  • mi’u thung
  • vāmana
  • vāmani
  • vāmaṇi
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Publications: 2
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Vāmana
  • བ་མན།
  • ba man
  • vāmana
  • vāmani
  • vāmaṇi
Definition in this text:

The dwarf incarnation of Viṣṇu, who deceived the king of the asuras.

1 passage contains this term
Translation by Wiesiek Mical · Anna Zilman · Andreas Doctor · Adam Krug
  • Vāmana
  • མིའུ་ཐུང་།
  • mi’u thung
  • vāmana
Definition in this text:

“Dwarf” is one of the ten avatars of Viṣṇu.

5 passages contain this term