vAmana a. 1 ( a ) Short in stature, dwarfish, pigmy; CalavAmanaM Śi. 13. 12. ( b ) (Hence) Small, short, little, reduced in length; vAmanArciriva dIpaBAjanaM R. 19. 51 ; kaTaM kaTaM tAni (dinAni) ca vAmanAni N. 22. 57. 2 Bent down, bent low ( namra ); Sirasi sma jiGrati surAribaMDane CalavAmanaM vinayavAmanaM tadA Śi. 13. 12. 3 Vile, low, base. — naH 1 A dwarf, pigmy; prAMSulaBye Pale mohAdudvAhuriva vAmanaH R. 1. 3 , 10. 60. 2 N. of Viṣṇu in his fifth incarnation, when he was born as a dwarf to humble the demon Bali, (see bali ); Calayasi vikramaRe balimadButavAmana padanaKanIrajanitajatapAvana . keSava DftavAmanarUpa jaya jagadISa hare Gīt. 1 ; Śi. 13. 12. 3 N. of the elephant that presides over the south. 4 N. of the author of the Kāśikāvṛtti, a commentary on Pāṇini's Sūtras. 5 The tree called aMkowa . Comp. — Akfti a. dwarfish. — purARaM N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas.