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| [[File:Vishnu-Narayan.jpg|right|250px]]
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| '''Nārāyaṇa''' is the Supreme Being (Purushottama or Supreme Purusha) in Hindu sacred texts such as the [[Bhagavadgītā (book)|Bhagavad Gita]], the [[Vedas (book)|Vedas]] and the [[Purāṇas (book)|Puranas]]. In Vaishnavism, also known as [[Viṣṇu|Vishnu]] and Hari. An important translation of Narayana is "the One who rests on [[Water (symbol)|Water]]," and he is frequently depicted in Hindu art as standing or sitting on an ocean.
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| About this symbol [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] wrote:
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| <blockquote>The Brahminical Narayana (the mover on the Waters) . . . is the personification of the [[Great Breath|eternal Breath]] of the unconscious All (or [[Parabrahman|Parabrahm]]) of the Eastern [[Occultism|Occultists]]. [[Water (symbol)#Waters of Life|The Waters of Life]], or [[Chaos]]—the female principle in symbolism—are the vacuum (to our mental sight) in which lie the latent [[Spirit]] and [[Matter]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 64.</ref></blockquote>
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| == Notes ==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Sanskrit terms|Narayana]]
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| [[Category:Hindu concepts|Narayana]]
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| [[Category:Hindu mythology|Narayana]]
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| [[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine|Narayana]] | |