Mahabali

The id is `hindu_mahabali` and not `hindu_bali`, because the corpus ALREADY HOLDS `hindu_vali` — the vanara king of the Ramayana, a different person entirely — and the sweep for 'Bali' matched that record, which is exactly the false hit this id prevents. vitalStatus records what the story actually does to him rather than a death, because he is not killed: the tradition sends him to the netherworld with a boon to return annually, and in Kerala that return is the festival of Onam. He is the asura the tradition likes, which is why this record does not flatten him into a villain.

Domains

• asuric kingship
• keeping of promises

Relations

• overcome by: VamanaReciprocated in-batch by Vamana's edge.Reference treatment of Vamana's three steps and Bali's refusal to break his promise. (secondary)
• advised by: ShukraIn-batch, and the warning he ignores.Reference treatment: Sukracharya warned that granting the three steps would lead to Bali's destruction. (secondary)

Sources

• Mahabali is the asura king who grants Vamana three steps of land against his guru's warning and will not break his promise, and is overcome when Vamana covers the three worlds in two steps.: Reference treatments of Bali, of Vamana and of Shukracharya's warning. (secondary)