नारायण [ nārāyaṇa ] [ nārāyaṇá ] m. (patr. fr. [ nára ] q.v.) the son of the original Man (with whom he is generally associated e.g. Lit. Mn. i , 10 ; he is identified with Brahmā Lit. ib. 11 with Vishṇu or Kṛishṇa Lit. TĀr. Lit. MBh. ; the Apsaras Urvaśī is said to have sprung from his thigh Lit. Hariv. 4601 ; elsewhere he is regarded as a Kaśyapa or Aṅgirasa , also as chief of the Sādhyas , and with Jainas as the 8th of the 9 black Vāsudevas)

  the Purusha-hymn ( Lit. Rv. x , 90 , said to have been composed by Nārāyaṇá) Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr.

  (as synonym of Vishṇu) N. of the 2nd month (reckoning from Mārgaśīrsha) Lit. Var.

  a mystical N. of the letter [ ā ] Lit. Up.

  N. of a son of Ajā-mila Lit. BhP.

  of a son of Bhū-mitra or Bhūmi-mitra (a prince of the dynasty of the Kāṇvāyanas) Lit. Pur.

  of a son of Nara-hari Lit. Kshitîś.

  of sev. men , authors and commentators ( also with [ ācārya ] . [ kavi ] , [ gārgya ] , [ cakra-cūḍāmaṇi ] , [ daiva-vid ] , [ dharmādhikārin ] , [ paṇḍina ] , [ paṇḍita ] , [ dharmādkikāriṅ ] [ paṇḍitācārya ] , [ parivrāj ] , [ bhaṭṭa ] ( cf. below , and [ bhaṭṭa-n ] ) , [ bhaṭṭācārya ] , [ bhaṭṭāraḍa ] , [ bhāratī ] , [ bhiṣaj ] , [ muni ] , [ yati ] , [ yatīvara ] , [ rāya ] , [ vandya ] , [ vādīśvara ] , [ vidyā-vinoda ] , [ vaiṣṇava-muni ] , [ śarman ] , [ sarasvatī ] , [ sarva-jña ] , [ sārvabhauma ] )

  [ nārāyaṇa ] m. f. n. relating or belonging to Nārāyaṇa or Kṛishṇa Lit. MBh. (m. pl. the warriors of Kṛishṇa , Lit. iv , 147)

  n. ( with [ kṣetra ] ) N. of the ground on the banks of the Ganges for a distance of 4 cubits from he water Lit. L.

  ( with [ cūrṇa ] ) a partic. medicinal powder Lit. Bhpr.

  ( with [ taila ] ) a medic. oil expressed from various plants Lit. ib.

  [ nārāyaṇī ] f. see s.v.