Bali (Asura)

Vamana and Bali, on the right Shukra with a warning finger raised (illustration from the Bhagavata Purana , approx. 1700–1725)

Bali ( Sanskrit बलि bali m.), Also Mahabali ( महाबलि mahābali "great Bali"), is a pious king of the demonic Daityas in Indian mythology . He is the son of Virochana , who succeeds in becoming the ruler of the whole world including the upper and the underworld. Finally he is overcome by Vishnu , in the form of the dwarf Avatar Vamana, and submits. The eldest son of Bali and Kotavi (who is also known as the goddess of the Daityas) is the thousand-armed Bana .

literature

Bali . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, p. 42 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Bali (2). In: Jan Knappert : Lexicon of Indian Mythology. Heyne, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-07817-9 , p. 63.

Individual evidence

↑ Bali . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 723, col. 3 .
↑ mahābali . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 798, col. 1 .

[1] Bali . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 723, col. 3 .

[2] mahābali . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 798, col. 1 .