Narayan or Narayana may refer to:

People

* Narayan (name), a common Indian name (including a list of persons with this and related names) * Narayan (actor), an Indian film actor * Narayan (writer), Indian writer * Narayana Pandit, Indian mathematician

Media and entertainment

*''Narayan'', a song by The Prodigy on their album '' The Fat of the Land'' *Narayan, age in the video game '' Myst III: Exile'' *Narayan, lead character of the 2005 film '' Water''

Religion

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 consi ...

, a major Vedic god * another name of the Hindu god Vishnu, who is claimed to reside in Bhavsagar on a gigantic five headed snake named Sheshnaag. Narayan is also used in the following pairs: ** Nara-Narayana means human and god ** Lakshmi Narayan means Narayan and his wife, the goddess Lakshmi (goddess of wealth)

Other uses

* Narayan, Nepal in the Dailekh District

People

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Religion

Other uses

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