Narayana, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyana, Narāyana, Nara-ayana, Nara-yana: 43 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNarayāna (नरयान):—(nara + yāna) n. ein von Menschen gezogener Wagen [Mahābhārata 12, 1383.] narayāṇa (!) ein als Reitthier dienender Mensch: na tathā kariṇā yānaṃ turageṇa rathena vā . narayāṇena (wofür nārāyaṇena zu lesen doch wohl nicht gerathen sein möchte) vā yānaṃ yathā mandaviṣeṇa me .. [Pañcatantra III, 248.]
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Narāyaṇa (नरायण):—m. = nārāyaṇa Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 214.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 42 (43), 5. 47, 79.]
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Nārāyaṇa (नारायण):—
1) oxyt. (von nara) patron. gaṇa naḍādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 99.] Menschensohn, patron. des personif. Puruṣa, Verfassers des Puruṣa Liedes [Ṛgveda 10, 90.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 3, 4, 1. 13, 6, 1, 1.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 10, 13, 4. 24, 7, 36.] Häufig in Verbindung mit nara (s. nara 1, f) dem Urmenschen zusammen erwähnt und mit Viṣṇu und Kṛṣṇa identificirt. [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 13.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 214.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 79.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 98.] āpo nārā iti proktā āpo vai narasūnavaḥ . tā yadasyāyanaṃ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 10]; vgl. [Mahābhārata 3, 12952. 15819. 12, 13168.] [Harivaṃśa 36.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 27.] narāṇāmayanāccāpi tato nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ [Mahābhārata 5, 2568.] nārāyaṇāya vidmahe vāsudevāya dhīmahi . tanno viṣṇuḥ pracodayāt [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 10, 1, 6.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2110. 7, 2030. 4227.] yo sau nārāyaṇo nāma pūrveṣāmapi pūrvajaḥ . ajāyata ca kāryārthaṃ putro dharmasya viśvakṛt .. [9447. fg. 8, 1556. 13, 596.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 14, 5. 6, 102, 12.] [Pañcatantra 46, 6.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 17, 4] (mahāpuruṣa). [23, 7.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 452.] [WASSILJEW 198. 215.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 115. 261. 281. 317.] [Burnouf 131.] das Haupt der Sādhya [Harivaṃśa 264.] aus seiner Lende entspringt Urvaśī [4601. fg.] ein Kāśyapa oder Āṅgirasa [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 221.] mahā, ardha [Rgva tch’er rol pa 218.] Bei den Jaina ist Nārāyaṇa der 8te unter den 9 schwarzen Vāsudeva [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 697.] —
2) m. oxyt. das von Nārāyaṇa verfasste Puruṣa-Lied [Ṛgveda 10, 90. -] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 6, 2, 12. 20.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 16, 13, 1.] —
3) m. als Synonym von Viṣṇu N. des 2ten Monats (wenn mit Mārgaśīrṣa begonnen wird) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 105, 14.] —
4) m. Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer: ein Sohn Ajāmila’s [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 1, 24. fgg.] Bhūmimitra’s [Viṣṇupurāṇa 471.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 351.] Narahari's [KṢITIŚAV. 6, 7.] verschiedener Autoren und Scholiasten [Sāhityadarpana.8,11. 23,16. 19.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 110. 129. 131. 205. 394. 530. 879. 881. 951.] [Oxforder Handschriften No. 204. 413.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio III, S. 469.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 2,339] [?(No. 162,a).] —
5) myst. Bez. des Buchstabens ā [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 316.] —
6) adj. zu Nārāyaṇa in Beziehung stehend, von ihm kommend, zu ihm gehörend u.s.w.: astra [Mahābhārata 1, 537. 6, 8965. 9010. 13, 854.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 29, 10.] tejas [Harivaṃśa 807.] gopālāḥ [Mahābhārata 7, 752. 759. 3255. 5, 147. -] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 8, 21.] kṣetra das Gebiet des N.; so heisst das Ufer der Gaṅgā bis zu einer Entfernung von vier Hasta vom Wasser [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa 45 im Śabdakalpadruma] taila eine Art Oel, dem eine grosse Wirkungskraft zugeschrieben wird, [SUKHABODHA im Śabdakalpadruma] —
7) f. ī [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 63,] [Scholiast] a) Beiname der Lakṣmī, der Gemahlin Viṣṇu’s, [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — b) Beiname der Durgā [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 55.] [Medinīkoṣa] [Harivaṃśa 3268. 10275. 10278.] [Oxforder Handschriften 25,a. 39,b,9.] — c) patron. der Indrasenā, der Gemahlin Mudgala's, [Mahābhārata 3, 10093. 4, 651.] [Harivaṃśa 6713.] — d) Beiname der Gaṅgā [Śabdakalpadruma] [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] der Gaṇḍakī [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 57.] — e) Asparagus racemosus Willd. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 3, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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Narayāna (नरयान):—lies Palankin (diese Bed. auch [Pañcatantra III, 248]) und füge [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 59, 36] hinzu.
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Nārāyaṇa (नारायण):—
1) [WEBER'S] Ansicht s. [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 2.] —
4) ein Sohn Bhūmitra’s, ein Fürst aus der Dynastie der Kāṇvāyana, [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 1. 19.] —
7) b [Kathāsaritsāgara 53, 171. 56, 72. 76.]
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Nārāyaṇa (नारायण):—
6) am Ende, das Oel [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 2, 9, 19.] [CAKRAD. 169.] cūrṇa ein best. Heilpulver [CARAKA 8, 11.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 2, 6, 32.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNarayāṇa (नरयाण):—(!) und narayāna n. Palankin.
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Narāyaṇa (नरायण):—m. fehlerhaft für nārāyaṇa.
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Nārāyaṇa (नारायण):—1. m. —
1) Patron. des personificirten Puruṣa. Häufig in Verbindung mit nara genannt und mit Viṣṇu oder Kṛṣṇa identificirt. —
2) das von Nārāyaṇa
1) verfasste Puruṣa-Lied [Ṛgveda (roth). 10,90.] —
3) als Synonym von Viṣṇu Bez. des zweiten Monats. —
4) mystische Bez. des Lautes ā. —
5) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer.
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Nārāyaṇa (नारायण):—2. —
1) Adj. zu 1. nārāyaṇa
1) in Beziehung stehend , von ihm kommend , zu ihm gehörend u.s.w. kṣetra n. Bez. der Ufer der Gaṅgā bis zu einer Entfernung von vier Hasta vom Wasser. taila n. ein best. heilkräftiges Oel [Bhāvaprakāśa 3,124.] [Materia medica of the Hindus 261.] cūrṇa n. ein best. Heilpulver [Bhāvaprakāśa 4,150.] —
2) f. ī — a) Beiname — α) *der Lakṣmī. — β) der Durga. — γ) *der Gaṅgā und der Gaṇḍakī. — b) Patron. der Indrasenā. — c) *Asparagus racemosus.
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