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वामन vāman, vulg. bāman, adj. & s.m. Dwarfish, short in stature; depressed;—low, vile, base;—a dwarf;—Vishṇu in his dwarfincarnation (the fifth of the avatārsof Vishṇu, undertaken to humble the pride of the Daitya Bali, who had acquired dominion over the three worlds);—the elephant that supports the south quarter:—vāman-purāṇ, s.m. One of the Hindūpurāṇas, containing an account of the dwarfincarnation of Vishṇu.