Narayan or Narayana may refer to:
People
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Narayan (name)
Narayana (Also rendered Narayane, Narayanan, Narain, Narayankar or Narine) (from Sanskrit wikt:नारायण, नारायण, ''nārāyaṇá'', literally "eternal man") is an Indian name. It is identical in form to the name of the deity ...
, a common Indian name (including a list of persons with this and related names)
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Narayan (actor)
Narayan Lucky is an Indian actor, who has worked in the Tamil film industry. He debuted as the lead role in the campus film ''Inidhu Inidhu'' (2010), before portraying supporting roles.
Career
Narayan's elder brother was selected to portray Ma ...
, an Indian film actor
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Narayan (writer)
Narayan (26 September 1940 – 16 August 2022) was an Indian author best known for his debut novel ''Kocharethi'' (1998). Most of Narayan's novels deal with the lives of the tribal communities of Kerala. He belonged to the Malayarayar tribe a ...
, Indian writer
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Narayana Pandit
Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita ( sa, नारायण पण्डित) (1340–1400) was an Indian mathematician. Plofker writes that his texts were the most significant Sanskrit mathematics treatises after those of Bhaskara II, other than the K ...
, Indian mathematician
Media and entertainment
*''Narayan'', a song by The Prodigy on their album ''
The Fat of the Land
''The Fat of the Land'' is the third studio album by English electronic music group the Prodigy, released on 30 June 1997 through XL Recordings. The album received critical acclaim and topped the UK Albums Chart and the US ''Billboard'' 200. I ...
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*Narayan, age in the video game ''
Myst III: Exile''
*Narayan, lead character of the 2005 film ''
Water
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Religion
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Narayana
Narayana (Sanskrit: नारायण, IAST: ''Nārāyaṇa'') is one of the forms and names of Vishnu, who is in yogic slumber under the celestial waters, referring to the masculine principle. He is also known as Purushottama, and is co ...
, a major Vedic god
* another name of the Hindu god
Vishnu
Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism.
Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...
, who is claimed to reside in Bhavsagar on a gigantic five headed snake named
Sheshnaag
Shesha (Sanskrit: शेष; ) , also known as Sheshanaga (Sanskrit: शेषनाग; ) or Adishesha (), is a serpentine demigod (Naga) and Nagaraja (King of all serpents), as well as a primordial being of creation in Hinduism. In the Puran ...
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Nara-Narayana
Naranarayana (), also rendered Nara-Narayana, is a Hindu duo of sage-brothers. Generally regarded to be the partial-incarnation (aṃśa-avatara) of the preserver deity, Vishnu, on earth, Nara-Narayana are described to be the sons of Dharma ...
means human and god
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Lakshmi Narayan
Lakshmi Narayana or Lakshmi-Narayan ( sa, लक्ष्मी-नारायण, IAST: ) is the dual representation of the Hindu deities Vishnu, also known as Narayana, and his consort, Lakshmi, traditionally featured in their abode, Vaikunth ...
means Narayan and his wife, the goddess Lakshmi (goddess of wealth)
Other uses
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Narayan, Nepal
Narayan ( ne, नारायण) is a municipality located in Dailekh District of Karnali Province of Nepal.
The total area of the municipality is and the total population of the municipality as of 2011 Nepal census is 27,037 individuals. The m ...
in the Dailekh District
See also
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Narayana sukta, a hymn of the Yajurveda
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Changu Narayan
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Narai, a king of Ayutthaya who was named after Narayana
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