Name #245 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ನಾರಾಯಣಃ Narayana — meaning in Kannada
Narayana (nārāyaṇaḥ) is name #245 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), the shloka it comes from in Kannada, and the English meaning — from the full name page.
ಸಮಸ್ತ ಜೀವರ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿಸ್ಥಾನ, ನೀರೇ ನೆಲೆಯಾದವನು
In English: The resting place of all souls, whose abode is the waters
From shloka 26 · chapter Varāha
ಸುಪ್ರಸಾದಃ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಾತ್ಮಾ ವಿಶ್ವಧೃಗ್ವಿಶ್ವಭುಗ್ವಿಭುಃ
ಸತ್ಕರ್ತಾ ಸತ್ಕೃತಃ ಸಾಧುರ್ಜಹ್ನುರ್ನಾರಾಯಣೋ ನರಃ
Also in this shloka: suprasādaḥ · prasannātmā · viśvadhṛk · viśvabhuk · vibhuḥ · satkartā · satkṛtaḥ · sādhuḥ · jahnuḥ · naraḥ
Narayana in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.