This article is about form of Vishnu. For the divine sage, see Nara-Narayana. For other uses, see Narayan (disambiguation).
Narayana
Protector of the Worlds[1] Brahman, the Ultimate Reality Supreme Being in Vaishnavism[2]
Shrine of Narayana
Devanagari
नारायण
Sanskrit transliteration
Nārāyaṇa
Associate
Vishnu, Hari, Madhava, Perumal, Krishna
Abode
Kshira Sagara
Mantra
ॐ नमो नारायणाय Om Namo Narayanaya
Weapon
Panchajanya, Chakra, Kaumodaki
Symbol
Padma
Mount
Shesha
Texts
Vedas, Puranas
Consorts
Lakshmi as Sridevi, Bhudevi, and Niladevi
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Narayana (Sanskrit: नारायण, IAST: Nārāyaṇa) is one of the forms and epithets of Vishnu. In this form, the deity is depicted in yogic slumber under the celestial waters, symbolising the masculine principle and associated with his role of creation.[3] He is also known as Purushottama, and is considered the Supreme Being in Vaishnavism.[4][5][6][7]
^"Invoking Auspiciousness [Chapter 1]". 14 August 2014.
^"Narayana, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyana, Narāyana, Nara-ayana, Nara-yana: 40 definitions". June 2008.
^Leeming, David (17 November 2005). Oxford Companion to World Mythology. Oxford University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-19-028888-4.
^John Clifford Holt (2008). The Buddhist Viṣṇu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 268. ISBN 9788120832695.
^Jon Paul Sydnor (29 March 2012). Ramanuja and Schleiermacher: Toward a Constructive Comparative Theology. ISD LLC. p. 110. ISBN 9780227900352.
^C. Mackenzie Brown (29 August 1990). The Triumph of the Goddess: The Canonical Models and Theological Visions of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana. SUNY Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780791403648.
^Peter Clarke; Friedhelm Hardy; Leslie Houlden; Stewart Sutherland (14 January 2004). The World's Religions. Routledge. p. 748. ISBN 9781136851858.
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