The history of the devil and the idea of evil : from the earliest times to the present day (1900)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co. · leaf 102
h grand sacrifice, bywhich he would have ac-quired sufficient power to de-throne Indra. Vishnu came to the assistance of the godof heaven and appeared before Balis as a dwarf in guiseof a Brahman mendicant. Balis honored him with pres-ents and promised to fulfil his desire, whereupon thedwarf… … A^^ Vishnu Nakasimha.(Fragment of a car. Musee Guimet.) 82 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. the second over the atmosphere, with the third into theinfinity of the heavens. This is the reason why Vishnuis called Tripadas, or Trivikranias, the three-paced god.Thus Balis was prevented completing the…
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