The fifth was the _Vá-mana_, or “dwarf Avatar.” When the Rakshas, Bali daitya, through his religious exercises and austerities had become lord of the three worlds, that is, of all above the earth and below it and the heavens, so that the angels were hard pressed and deprived of their power; Vishnu, therefore, on the twelfth of _Bhadun_[45] in the _Shakl Pachah_, descended in the _Vámanah Avátár_, and coming into the presence of Bali, requested as much of the earth as he could traverse in three steps: to this Bali consented, although _Sukra_, or “the planet Venus,” the director and guardian of the demons, exhorted him not to grant the request, saying: “This is Vishnu, who will deceive thee.” Bali replied: “If he come to me as a suitor, what can answer my purpose better?” Vishnu, on this, included the whole earth in one step, the heavens in the second, and in the third, rising up to his navel, said to Bali, “Whither can I pass?” Bali, on this, presented his head; on which Vishnu, who saw this, having placed his foot, sent _Bali_[46] below the earth, where he has ever since continued to reign with sovereign power, during many hundred thousands of years. It is to be noted, that _Vá-mana_ means a dwarf, as he was a diminutive Brahman. The sixth Avátar was _Paras u Rama_.[47] The _Chatri_, or “military caste,” having become evil doers, in consequence of this, Vishnu, on the seventh of _Bhadun_, in the _Shakl pachah_, or “bright half of the moon,” assumed the Avátar of _Parasúram_, who was of the seed of the Brahmans. In this incarnation he exterminated the Chettri class so utterly, that he even ripped open their females and slew the fœtus. According to the Hindus, _Parasuram_ is always living; they call him _Chirangivah_, or “long-lived.” The seventh is the _Ram Avátar_:[48] when the tyranny of the Rakshas _Rávana_, sovereign of the demons, had exceeded all bounds, Vishnu, on the ninth of Chet in the Shaklpachah, becoming incarnate in Rama, who was of the Chettri caste, overthrew at that time Rávána, chief of the demons of _Lanka_, (Ceylon). Now Lanka is a fort built of golden ingots, situated in the midst of the salt ocean. He also recovered Sita,[49] the wife of Rama, who had had been taken away by the Rokshas, which is a name given by the Hindoos to a frightful demon. The eighth was the _Krishn Avátar_. When Vishnu, in the _Dwapar-Jog_, on the eighth of Bhádún, in the Kishn pachah, having assumed the Avátar of _Krishna_, slew _Kansá_. Krishna was also of the Chettri or “military caste.” The ninth was the _Budh avatar_. When ten years only of the _Dwapar-Jog_ remained,[50] Vishnu, in order to destroy the demons and evil genii, the causers of night, assumed the Avátar of _Buddha_, on the third of _Baisakh_, in the Shakl pacheh.