"Narayana" is a Dravidian loan word into Sanskrit - the Dravidians were sea-faring from way back. Also in modern North India, "narayana" has changed to "narain" - showing that it is of a derivation that was strange to descendant of Vedic Aryans.
Narayana and Vishnu are same. Brahma calls Lord Rama as both Narayana and Vishnu - " You are the Lord Narayana himself the glorious god, who wields the discus. You are the Divine Boar with a single tusk, the conqueror of your past and future enemies." "Seetha is no other than Goddess Lakshmi (the divine consort of Lord Vishnu), while you are Lord Vishnu. You are having a shining dark-blue hue ...
Is the lord Krishna and Narayana both are same? Please anybody answer my question.
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?
Brahma is called Narayana ("he who lies in the waters"). [4 Brahma demurely sitting on a lotus emerging from Vishnu's navel described in almost all puranas and the itihasas also seems to symbolize Brahma's absorption into Vishnu.
narayan - Was "Narayana" originally a name of Brahma that was ...
The verses in those pages are that of Maha Narayana Upanishad not that of Narayanopanishad. The Narayana Upanishad (different from the Mahanarayana Upanishad), declares Narayana (Vishnu) to be the creator of Shiva and Brahma.This Upanishad was cited by Shankaracharya in his commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama according to this site...
Narada goes everywhere and meets with Gods and Devas of his choosing with his cymbals while chanting "narayana naryana". Is this in scripture? Im asking because in fact in the TV depicti...