Narayan
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, 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
See also
- Narayana sukta, a hymn of the Yajurveda
- Changu Narayan
- Narai, a king of Sukhothai who was named after Narayana
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