In the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, Narayan is considered to be the supreme being, the source of all creation, preservation, and destruction. He is also known as Vishnu, but Narayan is often used to refer to his transcendent form, beyond the material world. There are many spiritual references to support the idea that Narayan and Vishnu are the same. For example, in the Bhagavad Gita ...
You are correct -- in order to split nArayaNa, you cannot to nara + ayana. One of the correct split is na+ara+ayana. What doe this means? The word 'ara' means flaw (dOSha). When you have 'na' prefix it renders as 'absence of flaw'. Thus, the tatva which is 'ayana' (meaning aashraya/adobe) for flawlessness is called nArayaNa. Hence the philosophical doctrine of nArayaNa/vishNu being ...
Narayana (Nara+Aayna) is the one who rests on water. But why is this Narayana, epithet of Lord Vishnu, used as suffix for Lord Surya, the Sun God? Is there any story behind this name?
Mohini the incarnation of Lords vishnu and made love with Shiva and thus Ayyappa was born but not lakshmi son. Devasena and Valli 2 wives of kartikeya means kartik are also said to be Narayan daughter
There is no difference, between lord Krishna and Lord Narayan, both are same only names are different. We (Ramanuja) believe Narayan/Vishnu is Supreme, and other sampardaye (Gaudiya,Ramanandi) believe Lord Krishna is Supreme or Lord Rama.
Actually many scriptures calls Lord Brahma as Narayana even by giving the definition of why he is being called so. Some examples are as follows.: Lord Brahma as ...
narayan - Was "Narayana" originally a name of Brahma that was ...