Vamana, the fifth incarnation (avataras) of the Lord Vishnu. Vamana, the Dwarf, humbles a proud and evil king in a contest of wit and power. He holds a parasol and debates a king seated on a stool under a canopy. After an illustration by Coenraet Decker in Philippus Baldaeus’s Truthful and Exact Description of the Famous East India Coast of Malabar and Coromandel, Amsterdam, 1672. Cinquieme Incarnation.

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