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trivikrama

त्रिविक्रम trivikrama

'He of the three strides'; Vishnu as the dwarf Vamana who crossed the three worlds in three steps. The name carries the Vamana avatar into the Vishnu Sahasranama.

Where this term appears

  • The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship

    … names: the dwarf who crossed the worlds in three strides is there as Trivikrama , the man-lion in the names read for Narasimha , and the human descents in Rama and in Vasudeva and Krishna .

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